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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 has happened to the parents at the end of the story?

2. Why does George laugh at Lydia?

3. Which word is used to describe the hallway?

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

5. Who calls George and Lydia into the nursery?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. When George is sitting at dinner, he begins to think about the African veldt in the nursery. What does he realize the children have been thinking of, and why does it make him uneasy?

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

5. How does Peter threaten his father?

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

7. Before the African veldt, what did the children conjure in the nursery?

8. How does Dr. McClean say the nursery feels?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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.

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