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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 did the husband tell his wife she was doing by giving things to the city people who came to the suburbs?
2. The sounds of the alarms in the suburban neighborhood were likened to which creatures?
3. What is said to have happened in one family's home while the family was at dinner?
4. What sounds collided with the screams at the end of the story?
5. What words are used to describe the way the sunlight interacts with the serrated metal fencing the man and woman install?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does the wife tell her husband she is worried after installing the serrated metal coils around their wall?
2. Who helps remove the little boy at the end of the story? How do they do it?
3. Despite thinking it the ugliest, what option did the man and woman choose to enhance security after building a higher wall?
4. What were intruders able to do even while the alarms wailed in the suburbs, and what did they take?
5. 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?
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. Describe the various security options the man and woman noticed during their neighborhood walk.
8. What did the unemployed begin doing in the suburbs?
9. After building a higher wall, what did the man and woman notice the cat doing one night while discussing the latest robberies?
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
Write a brief essay analyzing the title “Once Upon a Time.” Explore the ways in which this title connects to the plot and themes of the story.
Essay Topic 2
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.
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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