Question

Which excerpt from Nadine Gordimer’s “Once Upon a Time” best supports the idea that the narrator of the story does not believe that the family is living happily?

A.“It was not possible to insure the house, the swimming pool, or the car against riot damage.”

B.“He was masked; it could not be said if he was black or white, and therefore proved the property owner was no racist.”

C.“And the wise old witch, the husband’s mother, paid for the extra bricks as her Christmas present to her son and his wife.”

D.“So from every window and door in the house where they were living happily ever after they now saw the trees and sky through bars.”

Answer 1

C.“And the wise old witch, the husband’s mother, paid for the extra bricks as her Christmas present to her son and his wife.”

Answer 2

In my opinion, this excerpt best supports the idea, that the narrator of the story does not believe that the family is living happily: C.“And the wise old witch, the husband’s mother, paid for the extra bricks as her Christmas present to her son and his wife.”