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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long will it take to make “good children out of bad”?
(a) Five years
(b) It is not necessary because Dr.McClean thinks that they are great as they are
(c) A year
(d) It is an impossible task

2. 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) A simile
(c) Personification
(d) Alliteration

3. What are the children’s names?
(a) Peter and Wendy
(b) Liza, Ray, Flora
(c) Penelope
(d) Ruby and Max

4. What does Dr. McClean say children prefer?
(a) Scrooges
(b) Destruction
(c) Happiness
(d) Santas

5. What does Wendy offer Dr.McClean?
(a) A ham and cheese sandwich
(b) A scone and jam
(c) A cup of coffee
(d) A cup of tea

Short Answer Questions

1. What concerns George?

2. Where do George and Lydia believe Wendy and Peter are?

3. What is forgotten, and then quickly produced, at the dinner table?

4. When was The Veldt published?

5. Who says: “My God we need a breath of fresh air”?

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