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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What concerns George?
(a) George is concerned that they don’t have enough money to pay their bills
(b) George is concerned that Lydia doesn’t have enough to do in the house
(c) George is concerned that the lions were killing and eating, which means that for this to happen his children had thought of death
(d) George is concerned that his children don’t come home for dinner

2. What has happened to the parents at the end of the story?
(a) George and Lydia have been killed by lions by the will of their children
(b) George and Lydia pack up their children and leave the house forever
(c) Nothing happens, because despite Dr.McClean’s suggestions no changes are made
(d) The parents take the family on a vacation to Iowa

3. What is forgotten, and then quickly produced, at the dinner table?
(a) French fries
(b) Dinner plates
(c) Ketchup
(d) Tea

4. What do George and Lydia hear while they are lying in bed?
(a) Lions roaring
(b) Two screams
(c) The front door opening and closing
(d) Their children whispering

5. How much did the nursery cost in comparison to the rest of the house?
(a) One-half as much
(b) Thrice as much
(c) One third as much
(d) Twice as much

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the children’s names?

2. What does George offer David McClean?

3. Who says: “Nothing likes to die—even a room”?

4. What does Dr.McClean say that George has become?

5. Who says, “There’s no Africa in the nursery”?

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