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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. How old are the children?

2. What do they see when they look to the sky?

3. How do the children react to the nursery being turned off?

4. What is described as, “It was empty as a jungle glade at hot high noon”?

5. What is found on the floor of the nursery?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is dinner served to George and Lydia?

2. Explain how the nursery reflects the children’s psyches.

3. How does the nursery change once George and Lydia enter?

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

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

6. How long does he think the children have been conjuring Africa? What had he noticed, but not paid attention to?

7. Why does George laugh at Lydia once she runs out of the nursery?

8. Why does George cave and turn the nursery on for just “one more minute”?

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

10. What does Lydia notice about George as well?

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

The story begins with Lydia’s concern regarding the nursery due to the African veldt, the lions and the reoccurring screams. The nursery reflects the children’s psyche.

What seems to be the problem with the nursery? Why is it concerning to George and Lydia? What does it suggest that the children are thinking about?

Essay Topic 3

Both George and Lydia doubt themselves as parents throughout the short story.

Discuss three incidences in The Veldt where either George or Lydia seems unsure in their parenting decision. What is the result of this insecurity? Use examples from the text to illustrate the incidences.

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