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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 had Carla planned to become when she was younger?
2. With whom did Sylvia go to Greece?
3. What did Carla's stepfather call Clark?
4. Who is Ruth Stiles?
5. What is different about Carla the first day she was at Sylvia's after her return from Greece?
Short Essay Questions
1. What do Maggie and Soraya suggest when Sylvia tells them what she likes about Carla? How does Sylvia feel about this?
2. Describe Carla and Sylvia's lunch just before Sylvia brings her to the bus stop.
3. What solution does Sylvia propose when Carla confesses her unhappiness with her life?
4. 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?
5. Why does Carla get off the bus before she reaches Toronto?
6. How does Carla decide she will inform Clark she is leaving? What does she ask Sylvia to do to help?
7. What does Sylvia like about Carla? What gift does she bring her from Greece and why?
8. 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?
9. What is it about her life with Clark that Carla says she cannot stand anymore?
10. How did Carla and Clark meet? What did her parents think of him?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
Examine the theme of vulnerability in "Runaway." Who is vulnerable? When? In what ways is this theme revealed?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss Munro's focus on the themes of relationships as presented in the story.
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