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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do George and Lydia think is broken?
(a) The nursery machinery
(b) The front door
(c) The stove
(d) The dining room table

2. What is a major theme of The Veldt?
(a) Living in poverty
(b) War between two families
(c) Technology replacing human connection
(d) Finding true love

3. What does George try to conjure to get rid of the veldt?
(a) Rima and the jungle
(b) Aladdin and his lamp
(c) His favorite childhood fishing spot
(d) The prairie grasses of the Great Plains

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

5. Why does Lydia bolt and run?
(a) George tells her to
(b) The lions are coming at them
(c) She is suddenly too hot and very thirsty
(d) Someone is ringing the front doorbell

Short Answer Questions

1. What trembles as if “something had jumped against it”?

2. How do they get to their bedrooms?

3. Who threatens George?

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

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

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