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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does George think is spoiled?
(a) All of them, the entire family
(b) Peter and Wendy
(c) Max and Ruby
(d) Lydia

2. What do the beds “try” to do?
(a) Nothing; they are just beds
(b) Wake them up
(c) Rock Lydia and George to sleep
(d) Tell them that they didn’t hear anything

3. What does Dr. McClean state as one of the original uses of the nursery?
(a) To entertain the children
(b) So that we could study patterns left on the walls by the child’s mind, study at our leisure and help the child
(c) To fill their minds with knowledge of the world
(d) To watch the children so that the adults may live their lives

4. When Mr. and Mrs. Hadley scream, they realize why the screams they heard before sound familiar. Why is this?
(a) They were hearing the screams of their children
(b) The screams sounded familiar because they heard them repeatedly
(c) They were hearing their neighbor’s screams
(d) They were hearing their own screams

5. What does George try to conjure to get rid of the veldt?
(a) Rima and the jungle
(b) His favorite childhood fishing spot
(c) Aladdin and his lamp
(d) The prairie grasses of the Great Plains

Short Answer Questions

1. Where are the lions going?

2. What is “busy humming it to itself” in the opening paragraphs?

3. What is the husband’s name?

4. What are their bedrooms called?

5. What has the room become a channel for?

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