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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much did they pay for their home?
(a) $60,000
(b) $45,000
(c) $15,000
(d) $30,000

2. What does the wife want the husband to take a look at?
(a) The stove
(b) The front door
(c) The nursery
(d) The furnace

3. Who says the following: “But nothing’s too good for our children”?
(a) Peter
(b) Lydia
(c) David
(d) George

4. Why does Lydia bolt and run?
(a) George tells her to
(b) The lions are coming at them
(c) Someone is ringing the front doorbell
(d) She is suddenly too hot and very thirsty

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do George and Lydia think is broken?

2. What does Wendy offer Dr.McClean?

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

4. Who says, “I don’t want to do anything but look and listen and smell; what else is there to do”?

5. What is Lydia’s initial solution?

(see the answer key)

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