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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 does Wendy offer Dr.McClean?
(a) A ham and cheese sandwich
(b) A cup of tea
(c) A cup of coffee
(d) A scone and jam
2. Complete the sentence: “…the walls began to ________ and recede into __________distance…”?
(a) Argue / dark
(b) Talk / far
(c) Purr / crystalline
(d) Shimmer / blinding
3. What have Peter and Wendy had for dinner at the carnival?
(a) Bread and butter
(b) Hot dogs and strawberry ice cream
(c) They have had protein smoothies
(d) They have not had dinner yet
4. What trembles as if “something had jumped against it”?
(a) The dining room table
(b) The door to the nursery
(c) The entire house
(d) Lydia’s heart
5. Who are they going to have come look at Africa (the nursery) the following morning?
(a) Ray Bradbury
(b) Gloria Steinem
(c) George Hadley
(d) David McLean
Short Answer Questions
1. What is “busy humming it to itself” in the opening paragraphs?
2. What is forgotten, and then quickly produced, at the dinner table?
3. Why does Lydia bolt and run?
4. How do the children tell their parents that they won’t be home for dinner?
5. What point of view is The Veldt told from?
Short Essay Questions
1. George says that his children treat him as if he were the offspring. Provide examples of this sentiment from the text.
2. How do Wendy and Peter tell their parents that they will be late for dinner?
3. Before the African veldt, what did the children conjure in the nursery?
4. How do the children react when George and David McClean shut the nursery off?
5. Why does George laugh at Lydia once she runs out of the nursery?
6. What is odd about the children when Dr.McClean arrives?
7. 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.”
8. Describe the sensory experience of the nursery. What senses does the nursery appeal to? Use a description from the text as an example.
9. Why do George and Lydia suppose that they cannot change the nursery?
10. How do Wendy and Peter react when George asks them about Africa?
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