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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What has just been eating in the nursery?
(a) Rabbits
(b) No one and nothing has been eating in the nursery. The parents don’t allow it.
(c) Lions
(d) Their children

2. The following morning, what does Peter ask his father?
(a) If he and Wendy can take a rocket to New York
(b) If he can drink coffee
(c) If they are going to look up the nursery for good
(d) If they are going to go on a family vacation this year

3. Who is the author of The Veldt?
(a) Vladimir Nabokov
(b) Daniel Quinn
(c) Raymond Carver
(d) Ray Bradbury

4. What does Dr.McClean say that George has become?
(a) A santa
(b) A troll
(c) An angel
(d) A scrooge

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What are their bedrooms called?

3. How long has the African veldt been in the nursery?

4. What are the lions doing when Dr. McClean walks in?

5. What is George going to do with the nursery?

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