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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 type of life did Carla tell her mother she always feel she needed in the letter she wrote her before running off with Clark?

2. Why does Sylvia think she may have taken a liking to Carla?

3. What did Carla's stepfather call Clark?

4. What did Clark thinks was like "poison to your blood" (15)?

5. Where does Carla's brother live?

Short Essay Questions

1. What solution does Sylvia propose when Carla confesses her unhappiness with her life?

2. How did Carla and Clark meet? What did her parents think of him?

3. Why does Carla get off the bus before she reaches Toronto?

4. What do Maggie and Soraya suggest when Sylvia tells them what she likes about Carla? How does Sylvia feel about this?

5. What does Sylvia like about Carla? What gift does she bring her from Greece and why?

6. 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?

7. Describe Carla and Sylvia's lunch just before Sylvia brings her to the bus stop.

8. 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?

9. What is it about her life with Clark that Carla says she cannot stand anymore?

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 examining Flora as a symbol in "Runaway." In what scenes does Flora appear? What is the context? How does Flora develop the narrative?

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