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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What form of writing is The Veldt?
(a) A short story
(b) A poem
(c) A novella
(d) A novel

2. Why does Lydia bolt and run?
(a) The lions are coming at them
(b) Someone is ringing the front doorbell
(c) She is suddenly too hot and very thirsty
(d) George tells her to

3. What is described as, “It was empty as a jungle glade at hot high noon”?
(a) The kitchen
(b) The outside
(c) The nursery
(d) The backyard

4. What has just been eating in the nursery?
(a) Lions
(b) No one and nothing has been eating in the nursery. The parents don’t allow it.
(c) Rabbits
(d) Their children

5. What does Dr.McClean suggest George do to the nursery?
(a) Have the room torn down
(b) Lock it up
(c) He does not suggest he do anything with the nursery
(d) Pre-program it

Short Answer Questions

1. Who comes home late smelling like ozone?

2. When George and David enter the nursery, what are the lions doing?

3. What do the beds “try” to do?

4. When George walks into the nursery with the children, what is there?

5. Who initially believes that the nursery walls are too real?

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