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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. According to the narrator's tale, who were being shot by the police in the city?
2. What pets does the family in the narrator's story have at home?
3. What begins to happen once the riots in the city are suppressed?
4. Who is the author of "Once Upon a Time"?
5. What does the narrator describe as "finely tuned" in the night?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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).
2. 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?
3. 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?
4. How is the man's mother described and what warning did she give her son and his wife as they start their life together?
5. After the riots outside the city subsided, what crimes took place in the suburbs?
6. Despite having the same fears of intruders as other people, what precautions does the narrator say she does not take in her home?
7. Where does the story the narrator tells herself take palce and who is in the story?
8. What fears did the man and woman's trusted housemaid begin to have, and what did they do in response to her fears?
9. What does the man have installed in their house to ease his wife's fears and what does the boy do with them?
10. 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)?
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
Write an essay examining the ending of “Once Upon a Time.” How did the ending fit into the storyline? Do you think the ending was effective? What theme might the ending represent? What might the author have done differently?
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay analyzing Gordimer's language style and word choice in "Once Upon a Time." What are some words that stand out to you and why? What words are repeated? What words are most impactful? Explain your answers.
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