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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Complete the sentence: “…the walls began to ________ and recede into __________distance…”?
(a) Talk / far
(b) Shimmer / blinding
(c) Purr / crystalline
(d) Argue / dark

2. What does George try to conjure to get rid of the veldt?
(a) Aladdin and his lamp
(b) The prairie grasses of the Great Plains
(c) His favorite childhood fishing spot
(d) Rima and the jungle

3. To whom does the item belong?
(a) Peter
(b) George
(c) Lydia
(d) Wendy

4. How old are the children?
(a) Seven years old
(b) Fifteen years old
(c) Ten years old
(d) Three years old

5. How far away are they when the nursery lights come on?
(a) One foot
(b) They turn on at the threshold
(c) Ten feet
(d) Five feet

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Wendy offer Dr.McClean?

2. What has the room become a channel for?

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

4. How does the nursery create scenes?

5. What happens when George and Lydia try to escape the nursery?

(see the answer key)

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