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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. Complete the sentence: “…the walls began to ________ and recede into __________distance…”?
(a) Talk / far
(b) Argue / dark
(c) Shimmer / blinding
(d) Purr / crystalline
2. Who threatens George?
(a) Wendy
(b) The nursery
(c) David
(d) Peter
3. Why does Lydia bolt and run?
(a) Someone is ringing the front doorbell
(b) The lions are coming at them
(c) George tells her to
(d) She is suddenly too hot and very thirsty
4. Why does George laugh at Lydia?
(a) Because she trips on her way out of the nursery
(b) Because her skin is so far she is burned by the fake sun in the nursery
(c) Because she is afraid of the nursery
(d) Because she makes a joke
5. How many children are there in the family?
(a) Three
(b) Two
(c) Four
(d) One
Short Answer Questions
1. What do George and Lydia notice about the screams?
2. What is forgotten, and then quickly produced, at the dinner table?
3. What does the nursery transform into as George and Lydia are inspecting it?
4. Who are they going to have come look at Africa (the nursery) the following morning?
5. What has just been eating in the nursery?
Short Essay Questions
1. When George is sitting at dinner, he begins to think about the African veldt in the nursery. What does he realize the children have been thinking of, and why does it make him uneasy?
2. What do the vultures in the African veldt scene indicate?
3. How long does he think the children have been conjuring Africa? What had he noticed, but not paid attention to?
4. Describe the sensory experience of the nursery. What senses does the nursery appeal to? Use a description from the text as an example.
5. What is odd about the children when Dr.McClean arrives?
6. In the past, what has David McClean noticed about the nursery?
7. Why does George feel perspiration on his brown when he is in the nursery?
8. George says that his children treat him as if he were the offspring. Provide examples of this sentiment from the text.
9. Why is George hesitant to lock up the nursery? What does he fear?
10. How do Wendy and Peter react when George asks them about Africa?
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