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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 is flying overhead?
(a) Ducks
(b) Vultures
(c) Mary Poppins
(d) Pterodactyls

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

3. Where does the family plan on going for vacation?
(a) To Oklahoma
(b) To Florida
(c) To Hawaii
(d) To Iowa

4. When George and David enter the nursery, what are the lions doing?
(a) Sleeping
(b) Pacing
(c) Hunting
(d) Feeding

5. How do they get to their bedrooms?
(a) In an air closet that sucks them up to their sleeping chambers
(b) Through a wall in the nursery
(c) By telepathically transporting
(d) By taking the stairs

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What do the beds “try” to do?

3. What does Dr. McClean say children prefer?

4. What does Dr. McClean state as one of the original uses of the nursery?

5. What is forgotten, and then quickly produced, at the dinner table?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the nursery. Why is it a special room? What are the dimensions?

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. How do the children react when George and David McClean shut the nursery off?

9. Why hadn’t George paid any attention to the situation before?

10. Where are George and Lydia Hadley?

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