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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who says, “There’s no Africa in the nursery”?
(a) Lydia
(b) Peter
(c) David
(d) George
2. What does the nursery transform into as George and Lydia are inspecting it?
(a) The Grand Canyon
(b) An African veldt
(c) A tropical jungle
(d) The Sahara Desert
3. What does Dr.McClean say that George has become?
(a) A troll
(b) A scrooge
(c) A santa
(d) An angel
4. Who says the following: “But I thought that’s why we bought this house, so we wouldn’t have to do anything?”
(a) Peter
(b) George
(c) Lydia
(d) Ruby
5. How far away are they when the nursery lights come on?
(a) One foot
(b) Ten feet
(c) Five feet
(d) They turn on at the threshold
6. How much did the nursery cost in comparison to the rest of the house?
(a) Thrice as much
(b) Twice as much
(c) One third as much
(d) One-half as much
7. How do they get to their bedrooms?
(a) Through a wall in the nursery
(b) By telepathically transporting
(c) By taking the stairs
(d) In an air closet that sucks them up to their sleeping chambers
8. What do they see when they look to the sky?
(a) Vultures
(b) Storm clouds
(c) Blue
(d) Macaws
9. What is found on the floor of the nursery?
(a) Wendy’s blankie
(b) An old wallet of George’s
(c) Cigarettes
(d) Dirty dishes
10. How does the nursery create scenes?
(a) They are interactive television programs
(b) They are images taken with a camera and then uploaded onto the screens
(c) It creates it telepathically based on what the children are thinking
(d) The scenes are based on books that the children read
11. What does George try to conjure to get rid of the veldt?
(a) Rima and the jungle
(b) Aladdin and his lamp
(c) His favorite childhood fishing spot
(d) The prairie grasses of the Great Plains
12. Who initially believes that the nursery walls are too real?
(a) Lydia
(b) Peter
(c) George
(d) Wendy
13. What are the children’s names?
(a) Ruby and Max
(b) Liza, Ray, Flora
(c) Penelope
(d) Peter and Wendy
14. What does Wendy offer Dr.McClean?
(a) A scone and jam
(b) A cup of tea
(c) A cup of coffee
(d) A ham and cheese sandwich
15. 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) A simile
(b) Alliteration
(c) A metaphor
(d) Personification
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Dr. McClean suggest George and Lydia do to change the path they’re on?
2. Who thinks Wendy changed the nursery from a veldt to a forest?
3. What are their bedrooms called?
4. Who says: “Nothing likes to die—even a room”?
5. Why does George laugh at Lydia?
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