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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 9 - 17 .

Multiple Choice 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?
(a) Exciting.
(b) Authentic.
(c) Stable.
(d) Inspiring.

2. Where does Carla tell Sylvia she would go if she had the money?
(a) British Columbia.
(b) Toronto.
(c) Vancouver.
(d) Quebec.

3. How does Carla describe Clark's anger to him?
(a) She says he flares up.
(b) She says he lacks patience.
(c) She says he goes nuts.
(d) She says he has a short fuse.

4. What did Clark and Carla learn about Leon Jamieson after reading his obituary?
(a) He had come from a very wealthy family.
(b) He won a monetary prize for his poetry.
(c) He and Sylvia had never married.
(d) He had a prior marriage and several children.

5. What is Carla crying about at Sylvia's?
(a) What Leon had done to her.
(b) Life with her husband.
(c) Losing Flora.
(d) Lying to Sylvia.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Sylvia do with Leon's things after his death?

2. During what month does "Runaway" take place?

3. What does Mrs. Jamieson teach at a college?

4. How much older was Mr. Jamieson than his wife?

5. Why had Carla told Clark the story of Mr. Jamieson?

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