Once Upon a Time Quizzes

Once Upon a Time Quiz 1

1 The story is set in
Ghana

South Africa

Mozambique

Tanzania
2 The first narrator is
the boy

a third-person

Gordimer

the wife
3 Someone asks Gordimer to write a story for
teens

children

women

senior citizens
4 How does Gordimer initially respond to the request?
With anger

With excitement

With apathy

With annoyance
5 What wakes Gordimer in the night (or so she thinks)?
Something breaking

Someone talking

A footstep

Music
6 Gordimer starts thinking about
rioters

people who have been killed by burglars

natural disasters

ghosts
7 What body part of Gordimer's telescopes her fear?
Her trembling muscles

Her nerves

Her wide eyes

Her heart
8 What sense of Gordimer's is heightened?
Sight

Sound

Touch

Taste
9 What was actually making the sound?
Wind

The house

A cat

A burglar
10 What is the house built upon?
A cave

A graveyard

A mine

A passageway
11 Whom does Gordimer imagine under her house?
Burglars

Ghosts

Lost children

Miners
12 What kind of story does Gordimer say she begins to tell herself?
Fairytale

Children's

Ghost

Bedtime
13 The story is set in
a city

a university

a surburb

a farm
14 Besides the husband and wife, the family consists of all the following except
a boy

a girl

a dog

a cat
15 The housemaid is always described as
helpful

trusted

kind

efficient
16 The gardener is always described as
friendly

trustworthy

silent

itinerant
17 The "wise old witch" is
a great aunt

the husband's mother

a neighbor

the wife's mother
18 The wise old witch warns against
consorting with other races

bringing in people off the street

leaving the neighborhood

raising the boy in this place
19 The sign on the gate reads
NO LOITERERS ALLOWED

PRIVATE PROPERTY: KEEP OUT

YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED

BEWARE OF DOG
20 Who is not allowed into the suburb?
People of another color

People of another color unless they are workers

Poor people

Anyone who does not live there
21 Who seems to be the most worried about safety?
The husband

The boy

The wife

The wise old witch
22 The husband says all the following except ______ will keep them safe.
their white skin

soldiers

police

tear gas
23 The first new precaution that the husband installs is/are
electronic gates with an intercom

serrated coils

a security guard

a tall wall
24 How does the little boy feel about the protections?
He does not notice them

They make him feel safe

He sees them as toys

He is afraid of them
25 After the riots are suppressed, what begins to happpen?
Political unrest

Burglaries

Mass immigration

More riots

Which phrase best describes the author's purpose in listing the items and the people involved in this sentence?

The little boy was hacked out of the security coil.

Asked by Jesus N #1330100

Answered by Aslan on 12/5/2023 8:54 PM

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Title significance of the short story once upon a time by Nadine Gordimer in detail

Asked by Asma A #1329724

Answered by Asma A #1329724 on 12/3/2023 11:46 AM

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What are the muting things referred to in the poem?

I'm not sure from the wording of your question exactly what you're looking for here. The "muting" is caused by insincerity.... a reaction to the cold, false, insincere world is which people say things they don't mean and hide their emotions behind...

Asked by Tanzira H #683394

Answered by jill d #170087 on 9/6/2017 1:52 PM

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