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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Dr. McClean state as one of the original uses of the nursery?
(a) So that we could study patterns left on the walls by the child’s mind, study at our leisure and help the child
(b) To watch the children so that the adults may live their lives
(c) To fill their minds with knowledge of the world
(d) To entertain the children

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

3. What does George offer David McClean?
(a) The newspaper
(b) Breakfast
(c) A cup of tea
(d) A ride back to his office

4. What concerns George?
(a) George is concerned that Lydia doesn’t have enough to do in the house
(b) George is concerned that the lions were killing and eating, which means that for this to happen his children had thought of death
(c) George is concerned that his children don’t come home for dinner
(d) George is concerned that they don’t have enough money to pay their bills

5. What does Dr.McClean find on the floor?
(a) A bloodied scarf
(b) A tea cup
(c) Dirty dishes
(d) A wallet

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a major theme of The Veldt?

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

3. What is on the wallet?

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

5. What does Peter admit to?

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