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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) A metaphor
(b) Personification
(c) Alliteration
(d) A simile

2. Why does George laugh at Lydia?
(a) Because she trips on her way out of the nursery
(b) Because she makes a joke
(c) Because her skin is so far she is burned by the fake sun in the nursery
(d) Because she is afraid of the nursery

3. How does the nursery create scenes?
(a) The scenes are based on books that the children read
(b) It creates it telepathically based on what the children are thinking
(c) They are images taken with a camera and then uploaded onto the screens
(d) They are interactive television programs

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

5. 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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is found on the floor of the nursery?

2. Who says the following: “But nothing’s too good for our children”?

3. What does Dr.McClean say that George has become?

4. What do George and Lydia think is broken?

5. What turns on and off as they walk through the house?

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