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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. Why did the wife suggest they build a higher wall around their house?
2. What does the boy pretend the serrated metal coils are at the end of the story?
3. Why did the man and the woman not hire any of the people from the city who came seeking jobs?
4. What sounds collided with the screams at the end of the story?
5. What information was affixed to some of the security walls of people's houses in the suburbs?
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 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?
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. What does the wife tell her husband she is worried after installing the serrated metal coils around their wall?
5. After building a higher wall, what did the man and woman notice the cat doing one night while discussing the latest robberies?
6. Describe what would likely happen should someone attempt to climb the wall with the serrated metal coils installed?
7. Despite thinking it the ugliest, what option did the man and woman choose to enhance security after building a higher wall?
8. Describe the various security options the man and woman noticed during their neighborhood walk.
9. What did the wife do for the people who hung around looking for work outside their home? What did the housemaid think of them?
10. How did the son end up getting entangled in the new security fence at the end of the story?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Analyze the symbolic significance of the narrator's house in "Once Upon a Time." What themes does the house represent?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss elements of the narrative structure; Exposition, conflict, complication, climax, resolution and conclusion. Do all the elements make for a logical and linear story? How does the story's structure express the themes?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss Gordimer’s focus on themes of fear and protection in "Once Upon a Time."
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