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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the problem that Lydia is beginning to feel with the house?
(a) That it is too cold with all of the machines
(b) she and George are becoming unnecessary
(c) She feels that the house is too expensive
(d) That it no longer does what she expects it to

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

3. What are the dimensions of the nursery?
(a) 40 feet across X 40 feet long X 30 feet high
(b) 40 feet across X 40 feet long X 10 feet high
(c) 10 feet across X 15 feet long X 12 feet high
(d) 20 feet across X 40 feet long X 30 feet high

4. What does Dr. McClean suggest George and Lydia do to change the path they’re on?
(a) Burn the house down
(b) Nothing. Your life is a like a dream
(c) Nothing. You’re on the right path
(d) Turn everything off. Start new

5. What is supposed to help the children “work off their neuroses in a healthful way”?
(a) The nursery
(b) Their designated nap times
(c) Their special school
(d) Their robot friends

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dr.McClean suggest George do to the nursery?

2. Who says, “It’s just that the nursery is different now than it was before”?

3. Who does the wife want the husband to call, and for what reason?

4. Who says the following: “But I thought that’s why we bought this house, so we wouldn’t have to do anything?”

5. What is described as, “It was empty as a jungle glade at hot high noon”?

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