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

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

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

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

5. What had Carla planned to become when she was younger?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. 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?

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

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

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 an essay analyzing narrative voice in Munro of "Runaway." Include thoughts on how the narrative voice of the story is effective in conveying the story’s themes.

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

Write an essay examining the ending of "Runaway." How did the ending fit into the storyline? Do you think the ending was effective? What theme might the ending represent? What might the author have done differently?

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