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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 state as one of the original uses of the nursery?
(a) To fill their minds with knowledge of the world
(b) So that we could study patterns left on the walls by the child’s mind, study at our leisure and help the child
(c) To entertain the children
(d) To watch the children so that the adults may live their lives

2. Which word is used to describe the hallway?
(a) Soundproofed
(b) Suffocating
(c) Long
(d) Narrow

3. 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 simile
(c) A metaphor
(d) Personification

4. What happens when George and Lydia try to escape the nursery?
(a) George finds a bloody tie tied around the doorknob
(b) Lydia trips and sprains her ankle
(c) An alarms sounds
(d) They cannot because the door is locked

5. What point of view is The Veldt told from?
(a) Second person
(b) Third-person omniscient
(c) First person
(d) Third-person limited

Short Answer Questions

1. What concerns George?

2. How much did they pay for their home?

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

4. What do the beds “try” to do?

5. What is Lydia’s initial solution?

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