3. Who says the following: “But I thought that’s why we bought this house, so we wouldn’t have to do anything?”
(a) Ruby
(b) Lydia
(c) George
(d) Peter

4. What does Peter admit to?
(a) Conjuring up Africa
(b) Sneaking out of the house
(c) Secretly taking the trip to New York
(d) Re-programming the house systems

5. When George walks into the nursery with the children, what is there?
(a) Rima, and a lovely lush green forest
(b) The African veldt
(c) The Grand Canyon
(d) Nothing; the walls are blank

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dr. McClean state as one of the original uses of the nursery?

2. What does Dr.McClean find on the floor?

3. When Lydia sits down in the chair, what does it do?

4. What does the wife want the husband to take a look at?

5. From whose perspective is the story told?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the sensory experience of the nursery. What senses does the nursery appeal to? Use a description from the text as an example.

2. How does Dr. McClean say the nursery feels?

3. How does the nursery change once George and Lydia enter?

4. When George is sitting at dinner, he begins to think about the African veldt in the nursery. What does he realize the children have been thinking of, and why does it make him uneasy?

5. Where do George and Lydia realize they’ve heard the screams before?

6. Why does Lydia want George to lock up the nursery?

7. What does David McClean find on the floor of the nursery?

8. Before the African veldt, what did the children conjure in the nursery?

9. How do the children react when George and David McClean shut the nursery off?

10. How do Wendy and Peter tell their parents that they will be late for dinner?

(see the answer keys)

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