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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much did they pay for their home?
(a) $15,000
(b) $45,000
(c) $30,000
(d) $60,000

2. What are the lions doing when Dr. McClean walks in?
(a) They are finishing feeding and walking to the waterhole
(b) They are sleeping
(c) They are grooming each other
(d) They are hunting

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

4. What is George going to do with the nursery?
(a) Nothing; he doesn’t think that anything is wrong with the nursery
(b) Nothing; he doesn’t want to deal with the children throwing a tantrum
(c) Keep it locked until he can figure out what is going on and why it is the veldt, and why his walled was in there
(d) He is going to secretly take out the machine and pretend like he doesn’t know what is wrong

5. Who does the wife want the husband to call, and for what reason?
(a) A plumber to look at the clogged bathtub
(b) A psychologist to take a look at the nursery
(c) A furnace repairman to fix the heat
(d) A contractor to stop the leaking roof

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do the parents think the children have been acting funny?

2. What has happened to the parents at the end of the story?

3. What is the nursery a reflection of?

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

5. When Lydia sits down in the chair, what does it do?

(see the answer key)

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