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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The following morning, what does Peter ask his father?
(a) If they are going to look up the nursery for good
(b) If he and Wendy can take a rocket to New York
(c) If they are going to go on a family vacation this year
(d) If he can drink coffee

2. What happens when George and Lydia try to escape the nursery?
(a) They cannot because the door is locked
(b) Lydia trips and sprains her ankle
(c) George finds a bloody tie tied around the doorknob
(d) An alarms sounds

3. From whose perspective is the story told?
(a) George Hadley’s
(b) Lydia Hadley’s
(c) Peter Hadley’s
(d) David McClean’s

4. What does George offer David McClean?
(a) A cup of tea
(b) Breakfast
(c) The newspaper
(d) A ride back to his office

5. What is the nursery a reflection of?
(a) Books the children read
(b) The good things in society
(c) The bad things in society
(d) The children’s psyches

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the wife want the husband to take a look at?

2. What doesn’t Dr. McClean think “feels good”?

3. What turns on and off as they walk through the house?

4. How do the children tell their parents that they won’t be home for dinner?

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

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