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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 do George and Lydia think is broken?

2. How long will it take to make “good children out of bad”?

3. What is George going to do with the nursery?

4. Who says, “I don’t want to do anything but look and listen and smell; what else is there to do”?

5. To whom does the item belong?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the house take care of them?

2. What does Lydia believe the lions have just been doing? How does she know this?

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

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

5. How is dinner served to George and Lydia?

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

7. Why is George hesitant to lock up the nursery? What does he fear?

8. Why does Lydia want George to look at the nursery?

9. How does Peter threaten his father?

10. Why does George feel perspiration on his brown when he is in the nursery?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze and discuss what you think are the characteristics of a successful novel or story and why The Veldt is or is not successful based on your criteria. Do you think the criteria for a successful story should be different if it is written for adults versus young adults?

Essay Topic 2

The Veldt is told from the third person point of view in George’s perspective. Characters are an important part of what makes The Veldt interesting.

Thoroughly discuss and analyze George. What are his strengths and weaknesses? How does he contribute to the plot? Is he a sympathetic character? Is he usually likable? Seldom likable? Use specific examples to illustrate your ideas.

Essay Topic 3

It is clear that the relationship between George and Lydia and their children is strained. At one point in the short story, George mentions that he and Lydia are treated like the offspring and not the parents.

Describe the relationship between the parents and children. How do George and Lydia know something isn’t right with their children?

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