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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 do George and Lydia notice about the screams?
(a) They don’t sound human
(b) They sound familiar
(c) They sound really far away
(d) They sound really close

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

3. What does Dr. McClean suggest George and Lydia do to change the path they’re on?
(a) Nothing. You’re on the right path
(b) Turn everything off. Start new
(c) Nothing. Your life is a like a dream
(d) Burn the house down

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

5. What do George and Lydia think is broken?
(a) The dining room table
(b) The front door
(c) The stove
(d) The nursery machinery

Short Answer Questions

1. How do they get to their bedrooms?

2. Who says the following: “But nothing’s too good for our children”?

3. How far away are they when the nursery lights come on?

4. How many children are there in the family?

5. What is the wife’s name?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does David McClean find on the floor of the nursery?

2. How does Dr. McClean say the nursery feels?

3. Before the African veldt, what did the children conjure in the nursery?

4. Explain how the nursery conjures the African veldt.

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

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

7. What does Lydia think is wrong with her life?

8. Explain Dr.McClean’s comment that children prefer santas over scrooges.

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

10. Why does Lydia say, “The house is wife and mother now, and nursemaid”?

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