Once Upon a Time Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 64 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Once Upon a Time Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 64 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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 reason does the narrator give for the casual laborer murdering an old widower?

2. Where did the man and woman get the plaque that said "YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED" (25) when they first began their life together?

3. What are the man and woman warned against doing as they start their lives together?

4. What begins to happen once the riots in the city are suppressed?

5. What is the narrator's house built atop?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does the story the narrator tells herself take palce and who is in the story?

2. Why is the narrator unable to sleep at the start of the story?

3. What does the narrator realize is the cause of the creaking she hears in her home at the start of the story?

4. What precautions do the man and woman take against theft or natural disasters when they first move in to their home together?

5. Describe the sign the man and woman received from the Neighborhood watch. How was it supposed to "prove the property owner was no racist" (25)?

6. What recent crimes does the narrator describe at the start of the story?

7. What were the man and woman unable to insure their house against, and why did the man tell his wife they need not worry about that?

8. What does the narrator do when she is an able to fall back to sleep at the start of the story?

9. At the start of "Once Upon a Time," what does the narrator say someone wrote and asked her to do, and how does she feel about this request?

10. What does the man have installed in their house to ease his wife's fears and what does the boy do with them?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Look at the structure of the story. How does the author use character and dialogue to drive the narrative?

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay about the author of “Once Upon a Time.” Who is she? What else has she written? How is “Once Upon a Time” similar or different from her other works?

Essay Topic 3

Write a detailed analysis of tone in Gordimer's “Once Upon a Time.” Include whether the tone changes or remains the same. If it changes, include details on when, why and whether this change is effective.

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