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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where are the lions going?
(a) To eat
(b) To the watering hole
(c) To bed down for night time
(d) To hunt

2. How do they get to their bedrooms?
(a) By telepathically transporting
(b) In an air closet that sucks them up to their sleeping chambers
(c) Through a wall in the nursery
(d) By taking the stairs

3. What is “busy humming it to itself” in the opening paragraphs?
(a) The robot maid
(b) The stove
(c) The baby
(d) The nursery

4. How do the children tell their parents that they won’t be home for dinner?
(a) They “televised” home to say they’d be late
(b) They called on a cellular phone
(c) They transported an image of themselves
(d) They just come home late

5. What is Lydia’s initial solution?
(a) To do nothing; the children will throw a fit
(b) To lock the nursery for a few days until her nerves are settled
(c) To get rid of the machines
(d) To tear the room down

Short Answer Questions

1. Who initially believes that the nursery walls are too real?

2. Who says: “My God we need a breath of fresh air”?

3. What is David McClean?

4. What does Dr. McClean suggest George and Lydia do to change the path they’re on?

5. Dinner is being prepared for a family of ________.

(see the answer key)

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