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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. This is an example of what type of figurative language: “…and the yellow of them was in your eyes like the yellow of an exquisite French tapestry…”?
(a) Alliteration
(b) Personification
(c) A metaphor
(d) A simile

2. How do the children tell their parents that they won’t be home for dinner?
(a) They just come home late
(b) They called on a cellular phone
(c) They “televised” home to say they’d be late
(d) They transported an image of themselves

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

4. What does Dr.McClean find on the floor?
(a) A bloodied scarf
(b) Dirty dishes
(c) A wallet
(d) A tea cup

5. What does Dr. McClean think that the room has become more important than?
(a) The children’s relationship with each other
(b) The children’s attendance at school
(c) The children’s real mother and father
(d) The children’s real friends

Short Answer Questions

1. The following morning, what does Peter ask his father?

2. Complete the sentence: “…the walls began to ________ and recede into __________distance…”?

3. What does Dr.McClean suggest George do to the nursery?

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

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

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