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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long has the African veldt been in the nursery?
(a) Just this morning
(b) A little over a month
(c) One week
(d) About two weeks

2. What has happened to the parents at the end of the story?
(a) Nothing happens, because despite Dr.McClean’s suggestions no changes are made
(b) George and Lydia have been killed by lions by the will of their children
(c) George and Lydia pack up their children and leave the house forever
(d) The parents take the family on a vacation to Iowa

3. What does the found item smell like?
(a) Old cheese and meat
(b) Hot grass and lion
(c) Rain and ferns
(d) Cigarette smoke

4. What do George and Lydia hear while they are lying in bed?
(a) Their children whispering
(b) The front door opening and closing
(c) Lions roaring
(d) Two screams

5. When was The Veldt published?
(a) 1960
(b) 1950
(c) 1980
(d) 1970

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dr.McClean find on the floor?

2. What does Wendy offer Dr.McClean?

3. What concerns George?

4. How do the children tell their parents that they won’t be home for dinner?

5. What is “busy humming it to itself” in the opening paragraphs?

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