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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Clark think he and Carla should do now that Leon Jamieson is dead?
(a) Have Sylvia pay them for the damages her husband caused.
(b) Help Sylvia around the house more.
(c) Invite Sylvia to live with them.
(d) Try to buy Sylvia's house.

2. In what way does the weather impact Clark and Carla's business?
(a) They have had to increase their prices, turning off some regulars.
(b) They have been busier than ever.
(c) Customers are angry with the long waiting lines.
(d) Nobody is showing up for trail rides.

3. Why was Clark searching for roofing on the internet?
(a) He was going to fix Mrs. Jamieson's roof.
(b) The rain had damaged the roof of their home.
(c) Carla's parents had asked him to.
(d) He was going to help Joy Tucker fix her roof.

4. During what month does "Runaway" take place?
(a) November.
(b) April.
(c) July.
(d) February.

5. Who is Joy Tucker?
(a) Carla and Clark's neighbor whom Carla helps around the house.
(b) Carla's sister-in-law from Toronto.
(c) Hy's wife from Hy and Robert Building Supply.
(d) A local librarian who boards her horse with Clark and Carla.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Clark tell Carla to do after she bends over him and cries after coming out of the shower?

2. What does Clark think Leon Jamieson had done while he was alive?

3. How did Carla think Clark felt about her refusal to go along with what she said Mr. Jamieson had asked of her?

4. How does Carla describe Clark's anger to him?

5. What was Mr. Jamieson's occupation?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Flora? Why was Carla concerned for her at the start of the story?

2. What business do Clark and Carla run together?

3. What does Clark tell Carla when she says that he flares up?

4. What did Carla help Sylvia do after her husband died and before her trip to Greece?

5. What did Carla do to Sylvia one day while Sylvia was looking over condolence letters she had received? How did Sylvia feel about this?

6. Who is Carla sure is driving down the road at the start of the story? Where would this person be coming from?

7. Who are the Jamiesons? What do Carla and Clark learn about Mr. Jamieson after his death?

8. Why does Clark sometimes avoid certain businesses in the area? What is one example of a business he avoids?

9. What dream did Carla have about Flora at the start of the story?

10. What does Clark think he and Carla should do to Mrs. Jamieson after reading her husband's obituary and why?

(see the answer keys)

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