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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How far away are they when the nursery lights come on?
(a) They turn on at the threshold
(b) One foot
(c) Five feet
(d) Ten feet

2. This is an example of what type of figurative language: “…and the yellow of them was in your eyes like the yellow of an exquisite French tapestry…”?
(a) Alliteration
(b) A metaphor
(c) Personification
(d) A simile

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

4. What is David McClean?
(a) A psychologist
(b) A physician
(c) A computer repairman
(d) A machinist

5. When was The Veldt published?
(a) 1950
(b) 1970
(c) 1960
(d) 1980

Short Answer Questions

1. Complete the sentence: “…the walls began to ________ and recede into __________distance…”?

2. How do the children react to the nursery being turned off?

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

4. What do the beds “try” to do?

5. What point of view is The Veldt told from?

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