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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 type of life did Carla tell her mother she always feel she needed in the letter she wrote her before running off with Clark?

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

3. What often happened with Sylvia's young female students who "hung around her worshipfully" (9)?

4. Where does Carla's brother live?

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

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

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. 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. 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 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

Discuss elements of the narrative structure: Exposition, conflict, complication, climax, resolution and conclusion. Do all the elements make for a logical and linear story? How does the story's structure express the story's themes?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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.

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