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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does the wife want the husband to call, and for what reason?
(a) A plumber to look at the clogged bathtub
(b) A psychologist to take a look at the nursery
(c) A contractor to stop the leaking roof
(d) A furnace repairman to fix the heat

2. What do the beds “try” to do?
(a) Wake them up
(b) Nothing; they are just beds
(c) Tell them that they didn’t hear anything
(d) Rock Lydia and George to sleep

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

4. What is David McClean?
(a) A psychologist
(b) A computer repairman
(c) A physician
(d) A machinist

5. Where do George and Lydia believe Wendy and Peter are?
(a) At their robot friend’s house
(b) At a plastic carnival across town
(c) At school
(d) In the nursery

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the family’s surname?

2. What have Peter and Wendy had for dinner at the carnival?

3. Who initially suggests that the family take a vacation and “shut the house off”?

4. What does Lydia hear that George does not?

5. When was The Veldt published?

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