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 wife

a third-person

the boy

Gordimer
3 Someone asks Gordimer to write a story for
women

children

senior citizens

teens
4 How does Gordimer initially respond to the request?
With excitement

With anger

With apathy

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

Music

A footstep

Something breaking
6 Gordimer starts thinking about
ghosts

natural disasters

people who have been killed by burglars

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

Her wide eyes

Her nerves

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

Sight

Taste

Sound
9 What was actually making the sound?
The house

A cat

Wind

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

A mine

A cave

A graveyard
11 Whom does Gordimer imagine under her house?
Ghosts

Miners

Burglars

Lost children
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 surburb

a city

a university

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

a girl

a boy

a cat
15 The housemaid is always described as
helpful

trusted

efficient

kind
16 The gardener is always described as
itinerant

friendly

trustworthy

silent
17 The "wise old witch" is
a neighbor

the wife's mother

the husband's mother

a great aunt
18 The wise old witch warns against
leaving the neighborhood

bringing in people off the street

consorting with other races

raising the boy in this place
19 The sign on the gate reads
PRIVATE PROPERTY: KEEP OUT

YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED

NO LOITERERS ALLOWED

BEWARE OF DOG
20 Who is not allowed into the suburb?
Anyone who does not live there

Poor people

People of another color

People of another color unless they are workers
21 Who seems to be the most worried about safety?
The husband

The wife

The wise old witch

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

their white skin

police

soldiers
23 The first new precaution that the husband installs is/are
a tall wall

a security guard

serrated coils

electronic gates with an intercom
24 How does the little boy feel about the protections?
He is afraid of them

They make him feel safe

He sees them as toys

He does not notice them
25 After the riots are suppressed, what begins to happpen?
Political unrest

More riots

Burglaries

Mass immigration

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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