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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 does Lydia hear that George does not?

2. What concerns George?

3. What does Peter admit to?

4. What do George and Lydia hear while they are lying in bed?

5. Who is the author of The Veldt?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Lydia hear that George does not – at least at first?

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

4. Where are George and Lydia Hadley?

5. What do they see when they all walk into the nursery together so that George can prove Africa is in there?

6. Why does Lydia “bolt and run”?

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

8. Why hadn’t George paid any attention to the situation before?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Often readers identify with the protagonist, by putting themselves in the character’s situation and wondering what they would do.

Do you think one of the values of literature is to serve as a reflection of oneself? Why or why not? Socrates said, "Know thyself." How can reading a short story such at The Veldt help a reader to know him/herself? Do you find yourself reflecting on your own character and relationships to others and to technology when reading The Veldt? Why or why not? Discuss one character with whom you identify and why you feel that way. Use examples from The Veldt and your own life to support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

Bradbury’s work often makes a political statement about the future of our society.

Research and give a brief biographical sketch of Ray Bradbury. Do you think there is always some of the author's own life in his/her novels? Why or why not? Give examples. Name one idea/concept you think may have been a part of the Bradbury's agenda. Analyze that idea throughout the book and discuss Bradbury's probable agenda concerning that idea.

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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