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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the nursery create scenes?
(a) They are interactive television programs
(b) The scenes are based on books that the children read
(c) It creates it telepathically based on what the children are thinking
(d) They are images taken with a camera and then uploaded onto the screens

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

3. What is the family’s surname?
(a) Hadley
(b) McClean
(c) Rosemont
(d) Bradbury

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

5. How do the children react to the nursery being turned off?
(a) They threaten their parents with violence
(b) They try to blackmail their parents into turning it back on
(c) They act indifferent, as if they don’t care
(d) They scream and cry, and throw a tantrum

Short Answer Questions

1. What genre is The Veldt?

2. What point of view is The Veldt told from?

3. Who says, “There’s no Africa in the nursery”?

4. What are the children’s names?

5. Who does the wife want the husband to call, and for what reason?

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