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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 words are used to describe the sounds the alarms in the suburban neighborhood made?
2. What is said to have happened in one family's home while the family was at dinner?
3. Why did people in the city begin spending time in the suburbs even if they were not housemaids or gardeners?
4. What is it said would happen if someone tried to get through the tunnel of the security fence the man and woman installed?
5. What does the boy pretend the serrated metal coils are at the end of the story?
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. 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?
3. What did the unemployed begin doing in the suburbs?
4. How did the son end up getting entangled in the new security fence at the end of the story?
5. Despite thinking it the ugliest, what option did the man and woman choose to enhance security after building a higher wall?
6. 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?
7. Who helps remove the little boy at the end of the story? How do they do it?
8. What were intruders able to do even while the alarms wailed in the suburbs, and what did they take?
9. What does the wife tell her husband she is worried after installing the serrated metal coils around their wall?
10. Describe what would likely happen should someone attempt to climb the wall with the serrated metal coils installed?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
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 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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