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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Whom does Carla remind Sylvia of most?
2. What did Maggie say happens to everyone at some point when Sylvia was telling them about Carla?
3. What word is used to describe how Sylvia feels when Carla began to cry?
4. What other gift does Sylvia bring back for Carla but does not give to her?
5. What gift does Sylvia bring Carla from Greece?
Short Essay Questions
1. How did Carla and Clark meet? What did her parents think of him?
2. Describe Carla and Sylvia's lunch just before Sylvia brings her to the bus stop.
3. What type of home did Carla grow up in? What was her life like? What type of life did Carla tell her mother she wanted when she ran off with Clark?
4. Why does Carla get off the bus before she reaches Toronto?
5. What is it about her life with Clark that Carla says she cannot stand anymore?
6. What does Sylvia like about Carla? What gift does she bring her from Greece and why?
7. What solution does Sylvia propose when Carla confesses her unhappiness with her life?
8. What do Maggie and Soraya suggest when Sylvia tells them what she likes about Carla? How does Sylvia feel about this?
9. How does Sylvia feel when Carla begins to cry in front of her at her house after returning from Greece? How does this change her view of Carla?
10. How does Carla decide she will inform Clark she is leaving? What does she ask Sylvia to do to help?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Read a review of "Runaway." Write an essay about how this review impacted your own views or understanding of the story.
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay analyzing Munro's commentary on abuse and depression in "Runaway." How are these subjects important to the story? Use textual evidence to explain your analysis.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay discussing the setting and time period of "Runaway." In what ways does the time period and setting impact your understanding of the story as well as the themes?
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