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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the wife want the husband to take a look at?
(a) The front door
(b) The furnace
(c) The nursery
(d) The stove

2. What does Wendy offer Dr.McClean?
(a) A scone and jam
(b) A ham and cheese sandwich
(c) A cup of coffee
(d) A cup of tea

3. What does Lydia hear that George does not?
(a) Classical music
(b) Their children calling them
(c) Songbirds
(d) A scream

4. Who says, “There’s no Africa in the nursery”?
(a) Peter
(b) David
(c) Lydia
(d) George

5. What is David McClean?
(a) A psychologist
(b) A physician
(c) A machinist
(d) A computer repairman

Short Answer Questions

1. What have Peter and Wendy had for dinner at the carnival?

2. What is described as, “It was empty as a jungle glade at hot high noon”?

3. What does the found item smell like?

4. Why does Lydia bolt and run?

5. What has happened to the parents at the end of the story?

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