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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do George and Lydia believe Wendy and Peter are?
(a) At a plastic carnival across town
(b) In the nursery
(c) At school
(d) At their robot friend’s house

2. What has happened to the parents at the end of the story?
(a) Nothing happens, because despite Dr.McClean’s suggestions no changes are made
(b) The parents take the family on a vacation to Iowa
(c) George and Lydia pack up their children and leave the house forever
(d) George and Lydia have been killed by lions by the will of their children

3. How many children are there in the family?
(a) Three
(b) Four
(c) One
(d) Two

4. Which word is used to describe the hallway?
(a) Narrow
(b) Soundproofed
(c) Suffocating
(d) Long

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Dinner is being prepared for a family of ________.

2. What concerns George?

3. How long has the African veldt been in the nursery?

4. Who says, “I don’t want to do anything but look and listen and smell; what else is there to do”?

5. How do they get to their bedrooms?

(see the answer key)

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