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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. How are the coils the man and woman have installed around their wall described when the workmen are putting them in?
2. What words are used to describe the sounds the alarms in the suburban neighborhood made?
3. Who does the boy pretend he is saving at the end of the story?
4. Where did the cat sleep after the serrated metal coils were installed?
5. What did the husband tell his wife she was doing by giving things to the city people who came to the suburbs?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why did the neighborhood alarm systems tend to go unanswered?
2. Despite thinking it the ugliest, what option did the man and woman choose to enhance security after building a higher wall?
3. Describe the various security options the man and woman noticed during their neighborhood walk.
4. How did the son end up getting entangled in the new security fence at the end of the story?
5. 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?
6. Describe what would likely happen should someone attempt to climb the wall with the serrated metal coils installed?
7. What were intruders able to do even while the alarms wailed in the suburbs, and what did they take?
8. 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?
9. After building a higher wall, what did the man and woman notice the cat doing one night while discussing the latest robberies?
10. What did the unemployed begin doing in the suburbs?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay analyzing Gordimer's decision to utilize the frame story of the narrator's bedtime tale in "Once Upon a Time." How does this impact the reader's understanding of the story's events? Is this effective? Why or why not?
Essay Topic 2
Genre is a category assigned to a literary work. What are some genres that could be used to classify "Once Upon a Time"? What is the main genre of the story? Explain.
Essay Topic 3
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.
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