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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What concerns George?
(a) George is concerned that his children don’t come home for dinner
(b) George is concerned that the lions were killing and eating, which means that for this to happen his children had thought of death
(c) George is concerned that Lydia doesn’t have enough to do in the house
(d) George is concerned that they don’t have enough money to pay their bills

2. When George walks into the nursery with the children, what is there?
(a) The Grand Canyon
(b) Nothing; the walls are blank
(c) The African veldt
(d) Rima, and a lovely lush green forest

3. When Lydia sits down in the chair, what does it do?
(a) It does nothing; it is a chair
(b) It rocks and comforts her
(c) Offers her a cup of coffee
(d) Puts a blanket on her

4. What form of writing is The Veldt?
(a) A novella
(b) A short story
(c) A novel
(d) A poem

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who says the following: “But nothing’s too good for our children”?

2. Who calls George and Lydia into the nursery?

3. What does the nursery transform into as George and Lydia are inspecting it?

4. What do the beds “try” to do?

5. What does Dr.McClean say that George has become?

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