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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 is said to have happened in one family's home while the family was at dinner?
2. What does the mother do to get the boy to sleep at the end of the story?
3. What is it said would happen if someone tried to get through the tunnel of the security fence the man and woman installed?
4. Who does the boy pretend he is saving at the end of the story?
5. Who is the first to find the boy at the end of the story?
Short Essay Questions
1. What did the son pretend to be the day after his mother read him a fairy tale from the book the Wise Old Witch gave him?
2. What did the unemployed begin doing in the suburbs?
3. How did the son end up getting entangled in the new security fence at the end of the story?
4. Describe the various security options the man and woman noticed during their neighborhood walk.
5. What does the wife tell her husband she is worried after installing the serrated metal coils around their wall?
6. After the man and woman decided they should build a higher wall, what did the man's mother get them for Christmas? What did she get for their son?
7. Who helps remove the little boy at the end of the story? How do they do it?
8. After building a higher wall, what did the man and woman notice the cat doing one night while discussing the latest robberies?
9. Rather than noting lovely roses and gardens, what did the man and woman begin to admire during their neighborhood walks with their son and dog?
10. Why did the neighborhood alarm systems tend to go unanswered?
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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