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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Dr. McClean think that the room has become more important than?
(a) The children’s real mother and father
(b) The children’s relationship with each other
(c) The children’s real friends
(d) The children’s attendance at school

2. What does Wendy offer Dr.McClean?
(a) A cup of coffee
(b) A scone and jam
(c) A ham and cheese sandwich
(d) A cup of tea

3. How old are the children?
(a) Three years old
(b) Fifteen years old
(c) Ten years old
(d) Seven years old

4. Who says: “Nothing likes to die—even a room”?
(a) George Hadley
(b) Peter Hadley
(c) Lydia Hadley
(d) David McCLean

5. Complete the sentence: “…the walls began to ________ and recede into __________distance…”?
(a) Talk / far
(b) Shimmer / blinding
(c) Purr / crystalline
(d) Argue / dark

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Lydia’s initial solution?

2. What are their bedrooms called?

3. What are the lions doing when Dr. McClean walks in?

4. How far away are they when the nursery lights come on?

5. From whose perspective is the story told?

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