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

2. Who says, “I don’t want to do anything but look and listen and smell; what else is there to do”?
(a) Lydia
(b) Peter
(c) Wendy
(d) George

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

4. How do the children react to the nursery being turned off?
(a) They act indifferent, as if they don’t care
(b) They scream and cry, and throw a tantrum
(c) They try to blackmail their parents into turning it back on
(d) They threaten their parents with violence

5. From whose perspective is the story told?
(a) Lydia Hadley’s
(b) David McClean’s
(c) George Hadley’s
(d) Peter Hadley’s

Short Answer Questions

1. What is on the wallet?

2. How old are the children?

3. What is the husband’s name?

4. What do George and Lydia hear while they are lying in bed?

5. How long will it take to make “good children out of bad”?

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