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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. Who is the first to find the boy at the end of the story?
2. What does the boy pretend the serrated metal coils are at the end of the story?
3. Who runs out of the house second and finds the boy at the end of the story?
4. At the end of the story, what is the coil tunnel said to be "just wide enough for" (30)?
5. Why did people in the city begin spending time in the suburbs even if they were not housemaids or gardeners?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does the wife tell her husband she is worried after installing the serrated metal coils around their wall?
2. Who helps remove the little boy at the end of the story? How do they do it?
3. 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?
4. 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?
5. Despite thinking it the ugliest, what option did the man and woman choose to enhance security after building a higher wall?
6. After building a higher wall, what did the man and woman notice the cat doing one night while discussing the latest robberies?
7. Describe the various security options the man and woman noticed during their neighborhood walk.
8. How did the son end up getting entangled in the new security fence at the end of the story?
9. Describe what would likely happen should someone attempt to climb the wall with the serrated metal coils installed?
10. 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?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Genre is a category assigned to a literary work. What are some genres that could be used to classify "Once Upon a Time"? What is the main genre of the story? Explain.
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
Discuss Gordimer’s focus on themes of fear and protection in "Once Upon a Time."
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