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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. Why does George laugh at Lydia?
(a) Because she trips on her way out of the nursery
(b) Because she makes a joke
(c) Because she is afraid of the nursery
(d) Because her skin is so far she is burned by the fake sun in the nursery

2. What are their bedrooms called?
(a) Bedrooms
(b) Sleepertubes
(c) Slumber rooms
(d) Flues

3. How much did they pay for their home?
(a) $60,000
(b) $30,000
(c) $15,000
(d) $45,000

4. How do they get to their bedrooms?
(a) By telepathically transporting
(b) By taking the stairs
(c) In an air closet that sucks them up to their sleeping chambers
(d) Through a wall in the nursery

5. What does Peter admit to?
(a) Secretly taking the trip to New York
(b) Re-programming the house systems
(c) Sneaking out of the house
(d) Conjuring up Africa

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the nursery a reflection of?

2. What is on the wallet?

3. Why do the parents think the children have been acting funny?

4. Who is the author of The Veldt?

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

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 does Dr. McClean say the nursery feels?

3. Why does George laugh at Lydia once she runs out of the nursery?

4. How do Wendy and Peter react when George asks them about Africa?

5. Why hadn’t George paid any attention to the situation before?

6. Why does Lydia want George to look at the nursery?

7. Explain Dr.McClean’s comment that children prefer santas over scrooges.

8. What do the vultures in the African veldt scene indicate?

9. How does the house take care of them?

10. Explain how the nursery reflects the children’s psyches.

(see the answer keys)

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