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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 Carla misspell in her letter to Clark?

2. What song did Carla hum when she left a note for her parents after deciding to run away with Clark?

3. What did Maggie say happens to everyone at some point when Sylvia was telling them about Carla?

4. What did Carla's mother tell her in the letter she wrote her after Carla ran off with Clark?

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. 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?

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

9. 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?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose a character and discuss their role in creating conflict in the story.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Look at the structure of the story. How does the author use character and dialogue to drive the narrative?

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