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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does George try to conjure to get rid of the veldt?
(a) Rima and the jungle
(b) Aladdin and his lamp
(c) The prairie grasses of the Great Plains
(d) His favorite childhood fishing spot

3. What are the lions doing when Dr. McClean walks in?
(a) They are grooming each other
(b) They are hunting
(c) They are finishing feeding and walking to the waterhole
(d) They are sleeping

4. What is the nursery a reflection of?
(a) The good things in society
(b) Books the children read
(c) The bad things in society
(d) The children’s psyches

5. How much did the nursery cost in comparison to the rest of the house?
(a) Thrice as much
(b) Twice as much
(c) One-half as much
(d) One third as much

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Wendy offer Dr.McClean?

2. What is described as, “It was empty as a jungle glade at hot high noon”?

3. How do the children tell their parents that they won’t be home for dinner?

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

5. What do George and Lydia think is broken?

(see the answer key)

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