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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) They were hearing their own screams
(c) The screams sounded familiar because they heard them repeatedly
(d) They were hearing their neighbor’s screams

2. What have Peter and Wendy had for dinner at the carnival?
(a) Bread and butter
(b) They have had protein smoothies
(c) They have not had dinner yet
(d) Hot dogs and strawberry ice cream

3. What does the wife want the husband to take a look at?
(a) The stove
(b) The front door
(c) The nursery
(d) The furnace

4. What is the wife’s name?
(a) Rachel
(b) Wendy
(c) Lydia
(d) Lois

5. Who says, “It’s just that the nursery is different now than it was before”?
(a) Peter Hadley
(b) The husband
(c) The psychologist
(d) The wife

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the author of The Veldt?

2. What is on the wallet?

3. Why do the parents think the children have been acting funny?

4. What is the problem that Lydia is beginning to feel with the house?

5. Who calls George and Lydia into the nursery?

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