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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. What information was affixed to some of the security walls of people's houses in the suburbs?
2. What did the husband tell his wife she was doing by giving things to the city people who came to the suburbs?
3. In addition to taken items from homes, what did the suburban intruders do in the homes?
4. What did the man and woman see outside while they were discussing the latest armed robbery one night?
5. Who gave the man and woman money to build a higher wall around their house?
Short Essay Questions
1. After building a higher wall, what did the man and woman notice the cat doing one night while discussing the latest robberies?
2. Why did the neighborhood alarm systems tend to go unanswered?
3. 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?
4. Why were homeowners particularly crushed when intruders drank their single malt scotch?
5. Describe the various security options the man and woman noticed during their neighborhood walk.
6. What were intruders able to do even while the alarms wailed in the suburbs, and what did they take?
7. What did the unemployed begin doing in the suburbs?
8. Despite thinking it the ugliest, what option did the man and woman choose to enhance security after building a higher wall?
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. What does the wife tell her husband she is worried after installing the serrated metal coils around their wall?
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
Examine how fairy tales play a part in the plot of the story.
Essay Topic 3
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?
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