View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who initially suggests that the family take a vacation and “shut the house off”?
(a) Max
(b) George
(c) Lydia
(d) Wendy

3. What does the found item smell like?
(a) Rain and ferns
(b) Hot grass and lion
(c) Old cheese and meat
(d) Cigarette smoke

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

5. What do they see when they look to the sky?
(a) Storm clouds
(b) Macaws
(c) Vultures
(d) Blue

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

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

8. Who says: “My God we need a breath of fresh air”?
(a) Peter
(b) Wendy
(c) George
(d) Lydia

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) Their children
(c) Rabbits
(d) Lions

10. What do George and Lydia hear while they are lying in bed?
(a) The front door opening and closing
(b) Two screams
(c) Lions roaring
(d) Their children whispering

11. How do the children tell their parents that they won’t be home for dinner?
(a) They just come home late
(b) They “televised” home to say they’d be late
(c) They called on a cellular phone
(d) They transported an image of themselves

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the author of The Veldt?

2. What do George and Lydia notice about the screams?

3. From whose perspective is the story told?

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

5. Who says, “It’s just that the nursery is different now than it was before”?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 446 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample