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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the nursery create scenes?
(a) The scenes are based on books that the children read
(b) They are interactive television programs
(c) They are images taken with a camera and then uploaded onto the screens
(d) It creates it telepathically based on what the children are thinking

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

3. Why does George laugh at Lydia?
(a) Because her skin is so far she is burned by the fake sun in the nursery
(b) Because she is afraid of the nursery
(c) Because she trips on her way out of the nursery
(d) Because she makes a joke

4. What does Dr. McClean suggest George and Lydia do to change the path they’re on?
(a) Nothing. You’re on the right path
(b) Nothing. Your life is a like a dream
(c) Turn everything off. Start new
(d) Burn the house down

5. What do George and Lydia think is broken?
(a) The dining room table
(b) The stove
(c) The front door
(d) The nursery machinery

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the husband’s name?

2. When Lydia sits down in the chair, what does it do?

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

4. What do the beds “try” to do?

5. What is George going to do with the nursery?

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