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

2. What are the children doing when Dr. McClean arrives?

3. What does the wife want the husband to take a look at?

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

5. Who does George think is spoiled?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Lydia notice about George as well?

2. Why does Lydia say, “The house is wife and mother now, and nursemaid”?

3. Explain how the nursery conjures the African veldt.

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

5. How does Peter threaten his father?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Which secondary characters have the greatest impact on the plot? Which, if any, characters are not essential to the story? Explain.

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