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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do the children react to the nursery being turned off?
(a) They act indifferent, as if they don’t care
(b) They try to blackmail their parents into turning it back on
(c) They threaten their parents with violence
(d) They scream and cry, and throw a tantrum

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

3. Who says the following: “But I thought that’s why we bought this house, so we wouldn’t have to do anything?”
(a) Lydia
(b) George
(c) Ruby
(d) Peter

4. 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) The parents take the family on a vacation to Iowa
(c) George and Lydia pack up their children and leave the house forever
(d) George and Lydia have been killed by lions by the will of their children

5. What do the beds “try” to do?
(a) Wake them up
(b) Tell them that they didn’t hear anything
(c) Nothing; they are just beds
(d) Rock Lydia and George to sleep

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dr.McClean suggest George do to the nursery?

2. What point of view is The Veldt told from?

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

4. What have Peter and Wendy had for dinner at the carnival?

5. What is the problem that Lydia is beginning to feel with the house?

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