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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 give to Carla before taking her to the bus stop?

2. What does Carla tell Sylvia when she asks how life has been there while she was in Greece?

3. What gift does Sylvia bring Carla from Greece?

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

5. Where do Carla's mother and father live?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write a detailed analysis of tone in Munro's "Runaway." Include whether the tone changes or remains the same. If it changes, include details on when, why and whether this change is effective.

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

Examine the use of dialogue vs the use of description. Look at how each is used in the story and what makes these uses effective or ineffective. Explore the moments when conversations are described rather than the dialogue shown. Consider why they author may have chosen to show conversations in this way and whether or not it was effective.

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