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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do the parents think the children have been acting funny?
(a) The children no longer talk to them
(b) They would not let the children take a rocket to New York
(c) The children are angry with them for working so much
(d) They have cut back on the children’s allowance

2. How old are the children?
(a) Fifteen years old
(b) Seven years old
(c) Ten years old
(d) Three years old

3. From whose perspective is the story told?
(a) George Hadley’s
(b) Lydia Hadley’s
(c) Peter Hadley’s
(d) David McClean’s

4. What is the wife’s name?
(a) Wendy
(b) Lois
(c) Rachel
(d) Lydia

5. How far away are they when the nursery lights come on?
(a) They turn on at the threshold
(b) Ten feet
(c) One foot
(d) Five feet

Short Answer Questions

1. What are their bedrooms called?

2. Who initially suggests that the family take a vacation and “shut the house off”?

3. Who are they going to have come look at Africa (the nursery) the following morning?

4. Who is the author of The Veldt?

5. What do George and Lydia hear while they are lying in bed?

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