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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. When George and David enter the nursery, what are the lions doing?

2. What do George and Lydia think is broken?

3. What does the found item smell like?

4. Where do George and Lydia believe Wendy and Peter are?

5. What genre is The Veldt?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does George find of his in the corner where the lions where feeding?

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

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

6. How do Peter and Wendy trick George and Lydia into the nursery?

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

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

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

10. What is odd about the children when Dr.McClean arrives?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Stories can be plot or character driven, or even both with a balance of the two.

What do you think it means to say that a plot is character driven or action driven? Which type of plot do you find more interesting? Why? Do you think it is possible to have a plot where action and character are developed to the same degree? Why or why not? Explain your response.

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Define plot and include the definitions of the most important elements of a plot. Do all novels have a plot? Why or why not? Write a brief synopsis of the plot of The Veldt, identifying where the various elements of the plot occur (Exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution or denouement). Do you find it difficult to identify the plot? Why or why not? What about the various elements of the plot? Give a brief synopsis of any important sub-plots.

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