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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who says, “I don’t want to do anything but look and listen and smell; what else is there to do”?
(a) Wendy
(b) Peter
(c) George
(d) Lydia

2. What do George and Lydia think is broken?
(a) The nursery machinery
(b) The front door
(c) The dining room table
(d) The stove

3. What is found on the floor of the nursery?
(a) An old wallet of George’s
(b) Wendy’s blankie
(c) Dirty dishes
(d) Cigarettes

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

5. What trembles as if “something had jumped against it”?
(a) The door to the nursery
(b) Lydia’s heart
(c) The entire house
(d) The dining room table

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the beds “try” to do?

2. What is flying overhead?

3. Who is the author of The Veldt?

4. What is Lydia’s initial solution?

5. Who are they going to have come look at Africa (the nursery) the following morning?

(see the answer key)

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