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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What is the family’s surname?
(a) McClean
(b) Bradbury
(c) Hadley
(d) Rosemont
2. What is a major theme of The Veldt?
(a) Living in poverty
(b) Technology replacing human connection
(c) Finding true love
(d) War between two families
3. Who calls George and Lydia into the nursery?
(a) Peter and Wendy
(b) David McClean
(c) The nursery calls them
(d) Max and Ruby
4. What is George going to do with the nursery?
(a) Nothing; he doesn’t think that anything is wrong with the nursery
(b) Keep it locked until he can figure out what is going on and why it is the veldt, and why his walled was in there
(c) He is going to secretly take out the machine and pretend like he doesn’t know what is wrong
(d) Nothing; he doesn’t want to deal with the children throwing a tantrum
5. What is their home called?
(a) A Healthylife home
(b) A Happylife Home
(c) An Easylife Home
(d) A Joyfullife Home
Short Answer Questions
1. How long has the African veldt been in the nursery?
2. Who is the author of The Veldt?
3. What does Dr. McClean suggest George and Lydia do to change the path they’re on?
4. What are the dimensions of the nursery?
5. What does Dr. McClean state as one of the original uses of the nursery?
Short Essay Questions
1. Explain the following quote: “And again George Hadley was filled with admiration for the mechanical genius who had conceived this room. A miracle of efficiency selling for an absurdly low price. Every home should have one.”
2. What does Lydia believe the lions have just been doing? How does she know this?
3. Why does Lydia want George to lock up the nursery?
4. How do Wendy and Peter react when George asks them about Africa?
5. What does George’s reaction to Lydia’s fear signify?
6. Why does Lydia “bolt and run”?
7. How do the children react when George and David McClean shut the nursery off?
8. When George is sitting at dinner, he begins to think about the African veldt in the nursery. What does he realize the children have been thinking of, and why does it make him uneasy?
9. George threatens to turn the entire house off for a month, how does Peter react?
10. Where do George and Lydia realize they’ve heard the screams before?
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