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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The following morning, what does Peter ask his father?
(a) If he can drink coffee
(b) If they are going to look up the nursery for good
(c) If they are going to go on a family vacation this year
(d) If he and Wendy can take a rocket to New York

2. What does the nursery transform into as George and Lydia are inspecting it?
(a) The Sahara Desert
(b) An African veldt
(c) The Grand Canyon
(d) A tropical jungle

3. What have Peter and Wendy had for dinner at the carnival?
(a) Hot dogs and strawberry ice cream
(b) Bread and butter
(c) They have had protein smoothies
(d) They have not had dinner yet

4. How do the children react to the nursery being turned off?
(a) They scream and cry, and throw a tantrum
(b) They threaten their parents with violence
(c) They act indifferent, as if they don’t care
(d) They try to blackmail their parents into turning it back on

5. Who does the wife want the husband to call, and for what reason?
(a) A plumber to look at the clogged bathtub
(b) A furnace repairman to fix the heat
(c) A psychologist to take a look at the nursery
(d) A contractor to stop the leaking roof

Short Answer Questions

1. What doesn’t Dr. McClean think “feels good”?

2. Who says, “It’s just that the nursery is different now than it was before”?

3. How much did they pay for their home?

4. What does Dr.McClean say that George has become?

5. What has happened to the parents at the end of the story?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Lydia notice about George as well?

2. What does Dr. McClean suggest that George do to the nursery?

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

4. What does Lydia believe the lions have just been doing? How does she know this?

5. What does George find of his in the corner where the lions where feeding?

6. Explain how the nursery conjures the African veldt.

7. Explain how the nursery reflects the children’s psyches.

8. Why aren’t Wendy and Peter at dinner?

9. Why does George feel perspiration on his brown when he is in the nursery?

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

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