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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 are the children doing when Dr. McClean arrives?
2. Who threatens George?
3. What does Dr.McClean say that George has become?
4. What point of view is The Veldt told from?
5. Why does Lydia bolt and run?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Lydia “bolt and run”?
2. Why does George laugh at Lydia once she runs out of the nursery?
3. Explain the following quote: “And again George Hadley was filled with admiration for the mechanical genius who had conceived this room. A miracle of efficiency selling for an absurdly low price. Every home should have one.”
4. 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?
5. What does Lydia hear that George does not – at least at first?
6. What does George hear just as he enters the nursery (for the second time in the story)?
7. How does Peter threaten his father?
8. Explain Dr.McClean’s comment that children prefer santas over scrooges.
9. How does Peter accidentally confess that they have, in fact, been conjuring Africa?
10. What does Lydia think is wrong with her life?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
Foreshadowing is used in almost all works of fiction.
What is foreshadowing? Identify three instances of foreshadowing in The Veldt and what they foreshadow? How does foreshadowing contribute to a story's suspense? Are there any incidences that you thought foreshadows a future event, but it does not do so?
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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