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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 is afraid of the nursery
(b) Because she trips on her way out of the nursery
(c) Because her skin is so far she is burned by the fake sun in the nursery
(d) Because she makes a joke

2. Dinner is being prepared for a family of ________.
(a) Three
(b) Four
(c) Five
(d) Two

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

4. What do the beds “try” to do?
(a) Nothing; they are just beds
(b) Wake them up
(c) Rock Lydia and George to sleep
(d) Tell them that they didn’t hear anything

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the children tell their parents that they won’t be home for dinner?

2. What point of view is The Veldt told from?

3. Who are they going to have come look at Africa (the nursery) the following morning?

4. Why does Lydia bolt and run?

5. What does George try to conjure to get rid of the veldt?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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.”

3. How long does he think the children have been conjuring Africa? What had he noticed, but not paid attention to?

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

5. 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?

6. George threatens to turn the entire house off for a month, how does Peter react?

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

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

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

10. 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?

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