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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do the children react to the nursery being turned off?
(a) They scream and cry, and throw a tantrum
(b) They act indifferent, as if they don’t care
(c) They threaten their parents with violence
(d) They try to blackmail their parents into turning it back on

2. What doesn’t Dr. McClean think “feels good”?
(a) The carpet under his feet
(b) George’s emotions
(c) The nursery
(d) The emotion of the paint colors the Hadley’s chose

3. Who thinks Wendy changed the nursery from a veldt to a forest?
(a) Ruby
(b) Peter
(c) Both George and Lydia
(d) David

4. Who initially believes that the nursery walls are too real?
(a) George
(b) Lydia
(c) Peter
(d) Wendy

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

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

7. What is supposed to help the children “work off their neuroses in a healthful way”?
(a) Their special school
(b) The nursery
(c) Their designated nap times
(d) Their robot friends

8. When George walks into the nursery with the children, what is there?
(a) Rima, and a lovely lush green forest
(b) The African veldt
(c) Nothing; the walls are blank
(d) The Grand Canyon

9. Who does George think is spoiled?
(a) All of them, the entire family
(b) Max and Ruby
(c) Lydia
(d) Peter and Wendy

10. What is Lydia’s initial solution?
(a) To get rid of the machines
(b) To do nothing; the children will throw a fit
(c) To tear the room down
(d) To lock the nursery for a few days until her nerves are settled

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

12. What is described as, “It was empty as a jungle glade at hot high noon”?
(a) The kitchen
(b) The nursery
(c) The backyard
(d) The outside

13. Complete the sentence: “…the walls began to ________ and recede into __________distance…”?
(a) Argue / dark
(b) Shimmer / blinding
(c) Talk / far
(d) Purr / crystalline

14. What is the husband’s name?
(a) Leonard
(b) David
(c) Randall
(d) George

15. What has the room become a channel for?
(a) Destructive thoughts
(b) Education
(c) Devastation
(d) Dreams

Short Answer Questions

1. Who comes home late smelling like ozone?

2. What does Dr. McClean say children prefer?

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

4. The following morning, what does Peter ask his father?

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

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