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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Veldt.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who says, “I don’t want to do anything but look and listen and smell; what else is there to do”?
(a) George
(b) Lydia
(c) Peter
(d) Wendy

2. Who initially believes that the nursery walls are too real?
(a) Wendy
(b) Peter
(c) George
(d) Lydia

3. How do the children tell their parents that they won’t be home for dinner?
(a) They called on a cellular phone
(b) They transported an image of themselves
(c) They “televised” home to say they’d be late
(d) They just come home late

4. What does Dr.McClean suggest George do to the nursery?
(a) Pre-program it
(b) Lock it up
(c) He does not suggest he do anything with the nursery
(d) Have the room torn down

5. This is an example of what type of figurative language: “…and the yellow of them was in your eyes like the yellow of an exquisite French tapestry…”?
(a) A metaphor
(b) A simile
(c) Alliteration
(d) Personification

Short Answer Questions

1. How long will it take to make “good children out of bad”?

2. What is flying overhead?

3. Where do George and Lydia believe Wendy and Peter are?

4. What is forgotten, and then quickly produced, at the dinner table?

5. What do the beds “try” to do?

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