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Nadine Gordimer

Once Upon a Time

Nadine GordimerFiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1989

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Answer Key

Reading Check

1. A gold mine (Paragraph 7)

2. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED (Paragraph 9)

3. Riots and burglaries (Paragraphs 10, 11)

4. A dog and a cat (Paragraph 9)

5. Barbed-wire coils (Paragraph 17)

6. He dies after getting caught in the barbed wire. (Paragraph 18)

Short Answer

1. He uses the alarm system as a toy to play walkie-talkies. (Paragraph 10)

2. She suggests burglar bars for the doors and windows as well as an alarm system. (Paragraph 11)

3. Playing pretend, he imagines himself as a prince saving Sleeping Beauty. (Paragraph 18)

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