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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Veldt.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What point of view is The Veldt told from?
(a) Third-person omniscient
(b) First person
(c) Third-person limited
(d) Second person

2. What does Dr. McClean think that the room has become more important than?
(a) The children’s real friends
(b) The children’s real mother and father
(c) The children’s attendance at school
(d) The children’s relationship with each other

3. Why does Lydia bolt and run?
(a) George tells her to
(b) Someone is ringing the front doorbell
(c) The lions are coming at them
(d) She is suddenly too hot and very thirsty

4. What doesn’t Dr. McClean think “feels good”?
(a) The carpet under his feet
(b) The emotion of the paint colors the Hadley’s chose
(c) The nursery
(d) George’s emotions

5. What do George and Lydia hear while they are lying in bed?
(a) The front door opening and closing
(b) Lions roaring
(c) Two screams
(d) Their children whispering

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the lions doing when Dr. McClean walks in?

2. What does Dr.McClean suggest George do to the nursery?

3. What turns on and off as they walk through the house?

4. What has the room become a channel for?

5. How long has the African veldt been in the nursery?

(see the answer key)

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