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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What point of view is The Veldt told from?
(a) First person
(b) Third-person omniscient
(c) Second person
(d) Third-person limited

2. When Lydia sits down in the chair, what does it do?
(a) Offers her a cup of coffee
(b) It rocks and comforts her
(c) Puts a blanket on her
(d) It does nothing; it is a chair

3. Who calls George and Lydia into the nursery?
(a) The nursery calls them
(b) Peter and Wendy
(c) Max and Ruby
(d) David McClean

4. 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) George
(c) Lydia
(d) Peter

5. Who comes home late smelling like ozone?
(a) Max and Ruby
(b) George and Lydia
(c) Peter and Wendy
(d) David

6. What is a major theme of The Veldt?
(a) Living in poverty
(b) War between two families
(c) Finding true love
(d) Technology replacing human connection

7. What has happened to the parents at the end of the story?
(a) The parents take the family on a vacation to Iowa
(b) George and Lydia pack up their children and leave the house forever
(c) Nothing happens, because despite Dr.McClean’s suggestions no changes are made
(d) George and Lydia have been killed by lions by the will of their children

8. Who threatens George?
(a) David
(b) Wendy
(c) The nursery
(d) Peter

9. Who does the wife want the husband to call, and for what reason?
(a) A contractor to stop the leaking roof
(b) A psychologist to take a look at the nursery
(c) A furnace repairman to fix the heat
(d) A plumber to look at the clogged bathtub

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

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

12. What is on the wallet?
(a) Nothing; it is clean
(b) Bits of grass, water and mud
(c) Drops of saliva, chew marks, and smears of blood
(d) A green goo that is undecipherable

13. How does the nursery create scenes?
(a) It creates it telepathically based on what the children are thinking
(b) The scenes are based on books that the children read
(c) They are images taken with a camera and then uploaded onto the screens
(d) They are interactive television programs

14. What form of writing is The Veldt?
(a) A novella
(b) A novel
(c) A poem
(d) A short story

15. Who are they going to have come look at Africa (the nursery) the following morning?
(a) George Hadley
(b) David McLean
(c) Gloria Steinem
(d) Ray Bradbury

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Wendy offer Dr.McClean?

2. What does Dr. McClean suggest George and Lydia do to change the path they’re on?

3. What does Dr.McClean suggest George do to the nursery?

4. How much did the nursery cost in comparison to the rest of the house?

5. How much did they pay for their home?

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