2. What concerns George?
(a) George is concerned that Lydia doesn’t have enough to do in the house
(b) George is concerned that they don’t have enough money to pay their bills
(c) George is concerned that his children don’t come home for dinner
(d) George is concerned that the lions were killing and eating, which means that for this to happen his children had thought of death

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

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

5. To whom does the item belong?
(a) Peter
(b) Lydia
(c) Wendy
(d) George

6. How do the children tell their parents that they won’t be home for dinner?
(a) They transported an image of themselves
(b) They called on a cellular phone
(c) They “televised” home to say they’d be late
(d) They just come home late

7. What does Dr. McClean say children prefer?
(a) Destruction
(b) Happiness
(c) Scrooges
(d) Santas

8. What does Dr.McClean suggest George do to the nursery?
(a) Have the room torn down
(b) Pre-program it
(c) He does not suggest he do anything with the nursery
(d) Lock it up

9. What is the wife’s name?
(a) Rachel
(b) Lydia
(c) Lois
(d) Wendy

10. What do George and Lydia hear while they are lying in bed?
(a) Lions roaring
(b) Two screams
(c) Their children whispering
(d) The front door opening and closing

11. Who is the author of The Veldt?
(a) Vladimir Nabokov
(b) Raymond Carver
(c) Daniel Quinn
(d) Ray Bradbury

12. What doesn’t Dr. McClean think “feels good”?
(a) The nursery
(b) The emotion of the paint colors the Hadley’s chose
(c) The carpet under his feet
(d) George’s emotions

13. What is George going to do with the nursery?
(a) Nothing; he doesn’t want to deal with the children throwing a tantrum
(b) Keep it locked until he can figure out what is going on and why it is the veldt, and why his walled was in there
(c) Nothing; he doesn’t think that anything is wrong with the nursery
(d) He is going to secretly take out the machine and pretend like he doesn’t know what is wrong

14. What trembles as if “something had jumped against it”?
(a) The entire house
(b) Lydia’s heart
(c) The door to the nursery
(d) The dining room table

15. What are the children’s names?
(a) Peter and Wendy
(b) Liza, Ray, Flora
(c) Ruby and Max
(d) Penelope