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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 man and the woman not hire any of the people from the city who came seeking jobs?
2. What did the husband tell his wife she was doing by giving things to the city people who came to the suburbs?
3. What did the housemaid say to the woman who hung about the suburbs looking for work?
4. Who runs out of the house second and finds the boy at the end of the story?
5. What is said to have happened in one family's home while the family was at dinner?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe the various security options the man and woman noticed during their neighborhood walk.
2. Who helps remove the little boy at the end of the story? How do they do it?
3. What were intruders able to do even while the alarms wailed in the suburbs, and what did they take?
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. What did the unemployed begin doing in the suburbs?
6. What did the wife do for the people who hung around looking for work outside their home? What did the housemaid think of them?
7. What does the wife tell her husband she is worried after installing the serrated metal coils around their wall?
8. How did the son end up getting entangled in the new security fence at the end of the story?
9. Why were homeowners particularly crushed when intruders drank their single malt scotch?
10. 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?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
Write an essay analyzing narrative voice in Gordimer in “Once Upon a Time.” Include thoughts on how the narrative voice of the story is effective in conveying the story’s themes.
Essay Topic 3
Examine how fairy tales play a part in the plot of the story.
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