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

2. What is David McClean?
(a) A machinist
(b) A psychologist
(c) A computer repairman
(d) A physician

3. What do they see when they look to the sky?
(a) Storm clouds
(b) Macaws
(c) Vultures
(d) Blue

4. Who initially suggests that the family take a vacation and “shut the house off”?
(a) Wendy
(b) Max
(c) George
(d) Lydia

5. Who does the wife want the husband to call, and for what reason?
(a) A contractor to stop the leaking roof
(b) A plumber to look at the clogged bathtub
(c) A psychologist to take a look at the nursery
(d) A furnace repairman to fix the heat

Short Answer Questions

1. The following morning, what does Peter ask his father?

2. From whose perspective is the story told?

3. What does Dr. McClean suggest George and Lydia do to change the path they’re on?

4. What do George and Lydia notice about the screams?

5. Why do the parents think the children have been acting funny?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How do Wendy and Peter tell their parents that they will be late for dinner?

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

5. 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?

6. What does George’s reaction to Lydia’s fear signify?

7. What does Dr. McClean suggest that George do to the nursery?

8. 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.”

9. Where do George and Lydia realize they’ve heard the screams before?

10. What does Lydia notice about George as well?

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