Margaret Atwood, There Was Once
Read There Was Once and check your comprehension by answering the following questions. Then “submit” your work.
1. Where does the “poor girl” live?
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2. The second speaker in the story objects to the first speaker’s description of the heroine because
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3. The second speaker asks the first speaker to revise the character of stepmother to
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4. What does the second speaker refer to as “condescending paternalistic terminology”?
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5. What is the second speaker’s objection to the phrase “There was once”?
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