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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. How much did the nursery cost in comparison to the rest of the house?
(a) Thrice as much
(b) One third as much
(c) Twice as much
(d) One-half as much

2. How do the children tell their parents that they won’t be home for dinner?
(a) They “televised” home to say they’d be late
(b) They just come home late
(c) They transported an image of themselves
(d) They called on a cellular phone

3. What have Peter and Wendy had for dinner at the carnival?
(a) They have had protein smoothies
(b) They have not had dinner yet
(c) Hot dogs and strawberry ice cream
(d) Bread and butter

4. What is on the wallet?
(a) Bits of grass, water and mud
(b) Nothing; it is clean
(c) A green goo that is undecipherable
(d) Drops of saliva, chew marks, and smears of blood

5. What does the found item smell like?
(a) Old cheese and meat
(b) Rain and ferns
(c) Cigarette smoke
(d) Hot grass and lion

Short Answer Questions

1. How long has the African veldt been in the nursery?

2. Who calls George and Lydia into the nursery?

3. How does the nursery create scenes?

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

5. Who initially believes that the nursery walls are too real?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Lydia want George to lock up the nursery?

3. Why is George hesitant to lock up the nursery? What does he fear?

4. Explain the following quote: “Now we’re really going to start living. Instead of being handled and massaged, we’re going to live.”

5. What does Lydia believe the lions have just been doing? How does she know this?

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

7. How does the house take care of them?

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

9. How does Peter accidentally confess that they have, in fact, been conjuring Africa?

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

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