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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 lives in the home the narrator describes at the start of her story?
2. Where does the story the narrator tells herself take place?
3. What "most profound" place does the narrator say men may be deep under her home?
4. What adjective is used to describe the housemaid in the narrator's tale?
5. What does someone tell the narrator she should write for an upcoming anthology?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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)?
2. What does the narrator realize is the cause of the creaking she hears in her home at the start of the story?
3. How does the husband try to assuage his wife's fears when she worries people from the cities will tear off their warning sign and "open the gates and stream in" (26).
4. Why is the narrator unable to sleep at the start of the story?
5. 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?
6. What precautions do the man and woman take against theft or natural disasters when they first move in to their home together?
7. What does the man have installed in their house to ease his wife's fears and what does the boy do with them?
8. Where does the story the narrator tells herself take palce and who is in the story?
9. Despite having the same fears of intruders as other people, what precautions does the narrator say she does not take in her home?
10. After the riots outside the city subsided, what crimes took place in the suburbs?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay about the significance of the riots in "Once Upon a Time." Where do they occur? Why? In what ways are the main characters impacted by these riots?
Essay Topic 2
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 3
Write an essay discussing the setting and time period of “Once Upon a Time.” In what ways does the time period and setting impact your understanding of the story as well as the themes?
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