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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Dinner is being prepared for a family of ________.
(a) Four
(b) Three
(c) Five
(d) Two

2. What concerns George?
(a) George is concerned that the lions were killing and eating, which means that for this to happen his children had thought of death
(b) George is concerned that his children don’t come home for dinner
(c) George is concerned that they don’t have enough money to pay their bills
(d) George is concerned that Lydia doesn’t have enough to do in the house

3. What are the dimensions of the nursery?
(a) 20 feet across X 40 feet long X 30 feet high
(b) 10 feet across X 15 feet long X 12 feet high
(c) 40 feet across X 40 feet long X 10 feet high
(d) 40 feet across X 40 feet long X 30 feet high

4. What genre is The Veldt?
(a) Science fiction
(b) Chick lit
(c) Romance
(d) Memoir

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is on the wallet?

2. What does the nursery transform into as George and Lydia are inspecting it?

3. Who says: “My God we need a breath of fresh air”?

4. What is “busy humming it to itself” in the opening paragraphs?

5. What has just been eating in the nursery?

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