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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 say about Carla in the first message she leaves on Ruth's answering machine?
2. Why does Carla keep her head down when she first gets on the bus to Toronto?
3. What did Carla's mother tell her in the letter she wrote her after Carla ran off with Clark?
4. Why does Sylvia think she may have taken a liking to Carla?
5. What song did Carla hum when she left a note for her parents after deciding to run away with Clark?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. 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?
3. What does Sylvia like about Carla? What gift does she bring her from Greece and why?
4. What do Maggie and Soraya suggest when Sylvia tells them what she likes about Carla? How does Sylvia feel about this?
5. How did Carla and Clark meet? What did her parents think of him?
6. Why does Carla get off the bus before she reaches Toronto?
7. Describe Carla and Sylvia's lunch just before Sylvia brings her to the bus stop.
8. What solution does Sylvia propose when Carla confesses her unhappiness with her life?
9. What is it about her life with Clark that Carla says she cannot stand anymore?
10. How does Carla decide she will inform Clark she is leaving? What does she ask Sylvia to do to help?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay about the author of "Runaway." Who is she? What else has she written? How is "Runaway" similar or different from her previous works?
Essay Topic 2
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 3
Read a review of "Runaway." Write an essay about how this review impacted your own views or understanding of the story.
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