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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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

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

3. Who threatens George?
(a) Peter
(b) David
(c) The nursery
(d) Wendy

4. Who says the following: “But nothing’s too good for our children”?
(a) Peter
(b) Lydia
(c) George
(d) David

5. What does Lydia hear that George does not?
(a) Their children calling them
(b) A scream
(c) Songbirds
(d) Classical music

Short Answer Questions

1. What form of writing is The Veldt?

2. What does Dr. McClean think that the room has become more important than?

3. Who comes home late smelling like ozone?

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

5. What does Dr. McClean say children prefer?

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