Once Upon a Time Quizzes

Once Upon a Time Quiz 1

By Kristen Osborne-Bartucca · Edited by Aaron Suduiko · Last reviewed November 17, 2020

1 The story is set in

South Africa

Tanzania

Ghana

Mozambique
2 The first narrator is

the boy

a third-person

Gordimer

the wife
3 Someone asks Gordimer to write a story for

women

teens

children

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)?

Music

Something breaking

A footstep

Someone talking
6 Gordimer starts thinking about

rioters

natural disasters

people who have been killed by burglars

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

Her trembling muscles

Her heart

Her wide eyes

Her nerves
8 What sense of Gordimer's is heightened?

Sound

Sight

Touch

Taste
9 What was actually making the sound?

Wind

A cat

The house

A burglar
10 What is the house built upon?

A graveyard

A mine

A passageway

A cave
11 Whom does Gordimer imagine under her house?

Lost children

Ghosts

Miners

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

Children's

Ghost

Bedtime

Fairytale
13 The story is set in

a farm

a city

a university

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

a cat

a dog

a girl

a boy
15 The housemaid is always described as

helpful

efficient

trusted

kind
16 The gardener is always described as

itinerant

silent

friendly

trustworthy
17 The "wise old witch" is

the husband's mother

a neighbor

the wife's mother

a great aunt
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

YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED

PRIVATE PROPERTY: KEEP OUT

BEWARE OF DOG

NO LOITERERS ALLOWED
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 boy

The wife

The wise old witch

The husband
22 The husband says all the following except ______ will keep them safe.

tear gas

police

soldiers

their white skin
23 The first new precaution that the husband installs is/are

a security guard

serrated coils

electronic gates with an intercom

a tall wall
24 How does the little boy feel about the protections?

He does not notice them

He sees them as toys

He is afraid of them

They make him feel safe
25 After the riots are suppressed, what begins to happpen?

More riots

Political unrest

Mass immigration

Burglaries

Essays for Once Upon a Time

Once Upon a Time essays are academic essays for citation. These papers were written primarily by students and provide critical analysis of Once Upon a Time by Nadine Gordimer.

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