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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 does Sylvia ask Carla about when Carla begins to cry at her house?

2. What word is used to describe how Sylvia feels when Carla began to cry?

3. Where had Sylvia slept the last three months of Leon's life?

4. What did Carla joke with Clark about when she first started working with him just after highschool?

5. What is different about Carla the first day she was at Sylvia's after her return from Greece?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. 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?

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

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

9. How does Carla decide she will inform Clark she is leaving? What does she ask Sylvia to do to help?

10. 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?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write a brief essay analyzing the title "Runaway."Explore the ways in which this "Runaway" connects to the plot and themes 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 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.

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