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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the author of The Veldt?
(a) Raymond Carver
(b) Daniel Quinn
(c) Vladimir Nabokov
(d) Ray Bradbury

2. What is the problem that Lydia is beginning to feel with the house?
(a) That it no longer does what she expects it to
(b) she and George are becoming unnecessary
(c) She feels that the house is too expensive
(d) That it is too cold with all of the machines

3. When was The Veldt published?
(a) 1970
(b) 1960
(c) 1980
(d) 1950

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

5. Why do the parents think the children have been acting funny?
(a) The children are angry with them for working so much
(b) They have cut back on the children’s allowance
(c) The children no longer talk to them
(d) They would not let the children take a rocket to New York

6. Who says the following: “But I thought that’s why we bought this house, so we wouldn’t have to do anything?”
(a) Ruby
(b) Lydia
(c) Peter
(d) George

7. 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

8. What is David McClean?
(a) A psychologist
(b) A physician
(c) A computer repairman
(d) A machinist

9. What has just been eating in the nursery?
(a) No one and nothing has been eating in the nursery. The parents don’t allow it.
(b) Rabbits
(c) Their children
(d) Lions

10. What does Dr.McClean say that George has become?
(a) A santa
(b) A troll
(c) An angel
(d) A scrooge

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

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

13. What does Dr.McClean suggest George do to the nursery?
(a) He does not suggest he do anything with the nursery
(b) Pre-program it
(c) Lock it up
(d) Have the room torn down

14. What is forgotten, and then quickly produced, at the dinner table?
(a) French fries
(b) Tea
(c) Dinner plates
(d) Ketchup

15. What concerns George?
(a) George is concerned that the lions were killing and eating, which means that for this to happen his children had thought of death
(b) George is concerned that his children don’t come home for dinner
(c) George is concerned that Lydia doesn’t have enough to do in the house
(d) George is concerned that they don’t have enough money to pay their bills

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a major theme of The Veldt?

2. To whom does the item belong?

3. What does Lydia hear that George does not?

4. Complete the sentence: “…the walls began to ________ and recede into __________distance…”?

5. What point of view is The Veldt told from?

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