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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. The sounds of the alarms in the suburban neighborhood were likened to which creatures?
2. What is said to have happened in one family's home while the family was at dinner?
3. What words are used to describe the way the sunlight interacts with the serrated metal fencing the man and woman install?
4. Which of his son's toys did the man take in from the yard every night in case someone came in?
5. Who does the boy pretend he is saving at the end of the story?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. After building a higher wall, what did the man and woman notice the cat doing one night while discussing the latest robberies?
3. Why did the neighborhood alarm systems tend to go unanswered?
4. What did the unemployed begin doing in the suburbs?
5. How did the son end up getting entangled in the new security fence at the end of the story?
6. Describe what would likely happen should someone attempt to climb the wall with the serrated metal coils installed?
7. What were intruders able to do even while the alarms wailed in the suburbs, and what did they take?
8. 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?
9. Despite thinking it the ugliest, what option did the man and woman choose to enhance security after building a higher wall?
10. What does the wife tell her husband she is worried after installing the serrated metal coils around their wall?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay describing the imagery used in “Once Upon a Time.” Indicate examples of imagery in the text and identify possible meanings.
Essay Topic 2
Analyze the symbolic significance of the narrator's house in "Once Upon a Time." What themes does the house represent?
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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