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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 Dr.McClean suggest George do to the nursery?
(a) Have the room torn down
(b) Lock it up
(c) He does not suggest he do anything with the nursery
(d) Pre-program it
2. Who says, “It’s just that the nursery is different now than it was before”?
(a) The husband
(b) The psychologist
(c) Peter Hadley
(d) The wife
3. What are the children’s names?
(a) Liza, Ray, Flora
(b) Penelope
(c) Ruby and Max
(d) Peter and Wendy
4. How much did the nursery cost in comparison to the rest of the house?
(a) One third as much
(b) Thrice as much
(c) One-half as much
(d) Twice as much
5. What is the problem that Lydia is beginning to feel with the house?
(a) She feels that the house is too expensive
(b) she and George are becoming unnecessary
(c) That it is too cold with all of the machines
(d) That it no longer does what she expects it to
Short Answer Questions
1. When was The Veldt published?
2. What has just been eating in the nursery?
3. What do George and Lydia notice about the screams?
4. Who comes home late smelling like ozone?
5. What is David McClean?
Short Essay Questions
1. How do Wendy and Peter react when George asks them about Africa?
2. Why aren’t Wendy and Peter at dinner?
3. How does Peter threaten his father?
4. Explain how the nursery reflects the children’s psyches.
5. 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.”
6. How does the nursery change once George and Lydia enter?
7. Explain the following quote: “Now we’re really going to start living. Instead of being handled and massaged, we’re going to live.”
8. George says that his children treat him as if he were the offspring. Provide examples of this sentiment from the text.
9. What does Lydia notice about George as well?
10. How does Peter accidentally confess that they have, in fact, been conjuring Africa?
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