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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What trembles as if “something had jumped against it”?
(a) The entire house
(b) Lydia’s heart
(c) The door to the nursery
(d) The dining room table

2. What happens when George and Lydia try to escape the nursery?
(a) George finds a bloody tie tied around the doorknob
(b) Lydia trips and sprains her ankle
(c) An alarms sounds
(d) They cannot because the door is locked

3. Why does George laugh at Lydia?
(a) Because she makes a joke
(b) Because she is afraid of the nursery
(c) Because she trips on her way out of the nursery
(d) Because her skin is so far she is burned by the fake sun in the nursery

4. What does George offer David McClean?
(a) The newspaper
(b) A ride back to his office
(c) Breakfast
(d) A cup of tea

5. Who initially believes that the nursery walls are too real?
(a) Peter
(b) George
(c) Lydia
(d) Wendy

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the nursery a reflection of?

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

3. Who threatens George?

4. What genre is The Veldt?

5. Who comes home late smelling like ozone?

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