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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. Who says the following: “But nothing’s too good for our children”?
(a) George
(b) Lydia
(c) David
(d) Peter
2. What is forgotten, and then quickly produced, at the dinner table?
(a) French fries
(b) Tea
(c) Ketchup
(d) Dinner plates
3. What does the nursery transform into as George and Lydia are inspecting it?
(a) A tropical jungle
(b) The Grand Canyon
(c) The Sahara Desert
(d) An African veldt
4. Which word is used to describe the hallway?
(a) Soundproofed
(b) Suffocating
(c) Long
(d) Narrow
5. What has the room become a channel for?
(a) Education
(b) Destructive thoughts
(c) Dreams
(d) Devastation
Short Answer Questions
1. Why does Lydia bolt and run?
2. Who is the author of The Veldt?
3. What does Dr. McClean state as one of the original uses of the nursery?
4. When Mr. and Mrs. Hadley scream, they realize why the screams they heard before sound familiar. Why is this?
5. Why does George laugh at Lydia?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Lydia believe the lions have just been doing? How does she know this?
2. How is dinner served to George and Lydia?
3. How do Peter and Wendy trick George and Lydia into the nursery?
4. How do Wendy and Peter react when George asks them about Africa?
5. Why does George cave and turn the nursery on for just “one more minute”?
6. Why does Lydia want George to lock up the nursery?
7. 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?
8. Why hadn’t George paid any attention to the situation before?
9. Describe the sensory experience of the nursery. What senses does the nursery appeal to? Use a description from the text as an example.
10. Explain Dr.McClean’s comment that children prefer santas over scrooges.
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