Once Upon a Time Quizzes

Once Upon a Time Quiz 1

1 The story is set in
Ghana

South Africa

Tanzania

Mozambique
2 The first narrator is
Gordimer

the boy

a third-person

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

senior citizens

women

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

With excitement

With apathy

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

Music

A footstep

Someone talking
6 Gordimer starts thinking about
ghosts

people who have been killed by burglars

rioters

natural disasters
7 What body part of Gordimer's telescopes her fear?
Her wide eyes

Her trembling muscles

Her nerves

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

Taste

Sight

Touch
9 What was actually making the sound?
A burglar

Wind

The house

A cat
10 What is the house built upon?
A graveyard

A mine

A passageway

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

Miners

Lost children

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

Children's

Ghost

Fairytale
13 The story is set in
a farm

a surburb

a university

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

a dog

a boy

a cat
15 The housemaid is always described as
efficient

trusted

kind

helpful
16 The gardener is always described as
silent

trustworthy

itinerant

friendly
17 The "wise old witch" is
a neighbor

a great aunt

the wife's mother

the husband's mother
18 The wise old witch warns against
raising the boy in this place

consorting with other races

bringing in people off the street

leaving the neighborhood
19 The sign on the gate reads
BEWARE OF DOG

PRIVATE PROPERTY: KEEP OUT

YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED

NO LOITERERS ALLOWED
20 Who is not allowed into the suburb?
Anyone who does not live there

Poor people

People of another color unless they are workers

People of another color
21 Who seems to be the most worried about safety?
The boy

The husband

The wise old witch

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

tear gas

their white skin

soldiers
23 The first new precaution that the husband installs is/are
a security guard

a tall wall

electronic gates with an intercom

serrated coils
24 How does the little boy feel about the protections?
He sees them as toys

He is afraid of them

He does not notice them

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

Burglaries

Political unrest

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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