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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is the family’s surname?
2. What is flying overhead?
3. How much did the nursery cost in comparison to the rest of the house?
4. What does Dr. McClean state as one of the original uses of the nursery?
5. Who thinks Wendy changed the nursery from a veldt to a forest?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Peter threaten his father?
2. How is dinner served to George and Lydia?
3. Explain the following quote: “Now we’re really going to start living. Instead of being handled and massaged, we’re going to live.”
4. Why does George cave and turn the nursery on for just “one more minute”?
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. What does George’s reaction to Lydia’s fear signify?
7. What does Dr. McClean suggest that George do to the nursery?
8. How does Peter accidentally confess that they have, in fact, been conjuring Africa?
9. 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.”
10. How do Wendy and Peter tell their parents that they will be late for dinner?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The Veldt belongs to the science fiction genre.
Define the literary term "genre" and name three other genres in addition to the science fiction genre. What are commonalities between science fiction novels and stories? What are the advantages and disadvantages of assigning a genre to a novel or short story? What do you think is the difference between a science fiction and a historical novel or mystery?
Essay Topic 2
Foreshadowing is used in almost all works of fiction.
What is foreshadowing? Identify three instances of foreshadowing in The Veldt and what they foreshadow? How does foreshadowing contribute to a story's suspense? Are there any incidences that you thought foreshadows a future event, but it does not do so?
Essay Topic 3
Lydia mentions that she feels that she has too much time and too little to do, and that she thinks too much. What is her antidote to her dilemma?
Why is George surprised by what she wants to do? What observations has she noticed about him? And what does she think it suggests?
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