2. 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

3. What trembles as if “something had jumped against it”?
(a) Lydia’s heart
(b) The dining room table
(c) The entire house
(d) The door to the nursery

4. What have Peter and Wendy had for dinner at the carnival?
(a) Bread and butter
(b) They have not had dinner yet
(c) They have had protein smoothies
(d) Hot dogs and strawberry ice cream

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

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

7. Who says the following: “But nothing’s too good for our children”?
(a) Lydia
(b) George
(c) Peter
(d) David

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

9. Dinner is being prepared for a family of ________.
(a) Two
(b) Three
(c) Five
(d) Four

10. What does George offer David McClean?
(a) The newspaper
(b) A ride back to his office
(c) Breakfast
(d) A cup of tea

11. Who says, “It’s just that the nursery is different now than it was before”?
(a) Peter Hadley
(b) The psychologist
(c) The husband
(d) The wife

12. What is “busy humming it to itself” in the opening paragraphs?
(a) The nursery
(b) The stove
(c) The robot maid
(d) The baby

13. Who says: “Nothing likes to die—even a room”?
(a) Lydia Hadley
(b) Peter Hadley
(c) George Hadley
(d) David McCLean

14. When Mr. and Mrs. Hadley scream, they realize why the screams they heard before sound familiar. Why is this?
(a) They were hearing their own screams
(b) They were hearing the screams of their children
(c) They were hearing their neighbor’s screams
(d) The screams sounded familiar because they heard them repeatedly

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