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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do George and Lydia believe Wendy and Peter are?
(a) At a plastic carnival across town
(b) At school
(c) At their robot friend’s house
(d) In the nursery

2. What is the wife’s name?
(a) Lois
(b) Rachel
(c) Wendy
(d) Lydia

3. What are the dimensions of the nursery?
(a) 20 feet across X 40 feet long X 30 feet high
(b) 40 feet across X 40 feet long X 10 feet high
(c) 10 feet across X 15 feet long X 12 feet high
(d) 40 feet across X 40 feet long X 30 feet high

4. This is an example of what type of figurative language: “…and the yellow of them was in your eyes like the yellow of an exquisite French tapestry…”?
(a) Personification
(b) A simile
(c) Alliteration
(d) A metaphor

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How much did they pay for their home?

2. What is on the wallet?

3. What are the children’s names?

4. What doesn’t Dr. McClean think “feels good”?

5. What is the family’s surname?

(see the answer key)

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