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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 Dr.McClean find on the floor?

2. What is David McClean?

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

4. When was The Veldt published?

5. How old are the children?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Peter accidentally confess that they have, in fact, been conjuring Africa?

2. What is odd about the children when Dr.McClean arrives?

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

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

5. How does the house take care of them?

6. What does Lydia notice about George as well?

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

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

9. What does Lydia think is wrong with her life?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

George reflects on the magnificence and cost of the nursery. What is the nursery’s purpose?

What does the title of nursery for this room suggest? How accurate is its title? What has it replaced in this home?

Essay Topic 2

Bradbury uses the names Peter and Wendy as an allusion to the characters in the story of Peter Pan.

What is suggested by Bradbury’s use of the names? How are similar and dissimilar to the characters of Peter Pan are they? Is Bradbury being ironic? If so, how?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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