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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who calls George and Lydia into the nursery?
(a) Max and Ruby
(b) Peter and Wendy
(c) David McClean
(d) The nursery calls them

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

5. When Mr. and Mrs. Hadley scream, they realize why the screams they heard before sound familiar. Why is this?
(a) They were hearing their own screams
(b) They were hearing their neighbor’s screams
(c) The screams sounded familiar because they heard them repeatedly
(d) They were hearing the screams of their children

Short Answer Questions

1. Who are they going to have come look at Africa (the nursery) the following morning?

2. What is supposed to help the children “work off their neuroses in a healthful way”?

3. How do the children react to the nursery being turned off?

4. What does Peter admit to?

5. What trembles as if “something had jumped against it”?

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