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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. What word is used to describe how Sylvia feels when Carla began to cry?
2. What type of life did Carla tell her mother she always feel she needed in the letter she wrote her before running off with Clark?
3. Where does Carla's brother live?
4. How does Carla decide she will inform Clark of her departure?
5. What did Clark thinks was like "poison to your blood" (15)?
Short Essay Questions
1. What solution does Sylvia propose when Carla confesses her unhappiness with her life?
2. 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?
3. What is it about her life with Clark that Carla says she cannot stand anymore?
4. 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?
5. What does Sylvia like about Carla? What gift does she bring her from Greece and why?
6. How did Carla and Clark meet? What did her parents think of him?
7. Why does Carla get off the bus before she reaches Toronto?
8. How does Carla decide she will inform Clark she is leaving? What does she ask Sylvia to do to help?
9. What do Maggie and Soraya suggest when Sylvia tells them what she likes about Carla? How does Sylvia feel about this?
10. Describe Carla and Sylvia's lunch just before Sylvia brings her to the bus stop.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay analyzing narrative voice in Munro of "Runaway." Include thoughts on how the narrative voice of the story is effective in conveying the story’s themes.
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay analyzing the narrative structure of "Runaway." What effect does this have on the story and the reader? Use direct examples from the story to support your analysis.
Essay Topic 3
Look at the structure of the story. How does the author use character and dialogue to drive the narrative?
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