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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 did Maggie say happens to everyone at some point when Sylvia was telling them about Carla?
2. What is Carla crying about at Sylvia's?
3. Where had Sylvia slept the last three months of Leon's life?
4. Where do Carla's mother and father live?
5. What song did Carla hum when she left a note for her parents after deciding to run away with Clark?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
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. How does Carla decide she will inform Clark she is leaving? What does she ask Sylvia to do to help?
4. How did Carla and Clark meet? What did her parents think of him?
5. What do Maggie and Soraya suggest when Sylvia tells them what she likes about Carla? How does Sylvia feel about this?
6. Describe Carla and Sylvia's lunch just before Sylvia brings her to the bus stop.
7. Why does Carla get off the bus before she reaches Toronto?
8. What solution does Sylvia propose when Carla confesses her unhappiness with her life?
9. What does Sylvia like about Carla? What gift does she bring her from Greece and why?
10. What is it about her life with Clark that Carla says she cannot stand anymore?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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?
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay analyzing Munro's decision to tell the story using third person point-of-view from Carla's perspective. How does this impact the reader's understanding of the story's events? Is this effective? Why or why not?
Essay Topic 3
Write a brief essay analyzing the title "Runaway."Explore the ways in which this "Runaway" connects to the plot and themes of the story.
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