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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 say children prefer?
(a) Destruction
(b) Santas
(c) Happiness
(d) Scrooges

2. What is the problem that Lydia is beginning to feel with the house?
(a) she and George are becoming unnecessary
(b) She feels that the house is too expensive
(c) That it is too cold with all of the machines
(d) That it no longer does what she expects it to

3. Who says, “I don’t want to do anything but look and listen and smell; what else is there to do”?
(a) Peter
(b) George
(c) Lydia
(d) Wendy

4. Who says: “My God we need a breath of fresh air”?
(a) George
(b) Lydia
(c) Wendy
(d) Peter

5. What is a major theme of The Veldt?
(a) War between two families
(b) Finding true love
(c) Living in poverty
(d) Technology replacing human connection

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the family’s surname?

2. What are the children doing when Dr. McClean arrives?

3. Why does George laugh at Lydia?

4. What are the lions doing when Dr. McClean walks in?

5. How much did the nursery cost in comparison to the rest of the house?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the sensory experience of the nursery. What senses does the nursery appeal to? Use a description from the text as an example.

2. Why aren’t Wendy and Peter at dinner?

3. Lydia says about the nursery: “It’s supposed to help them work off their neuroses in a healthful way.” What does this mean? Has it worked?

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

5. In the past, what has David McClean noticed about the nursery?

6. George says that his children treat him as if he were the offspring. Provide examples of this sentiment from the text.

7. How does Lydia propose to change her feelings of worthlessness?

8. How is dinner served to George and Lydia?

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

10. What does Lydia hear that George does not – at least at first?

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