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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. What does Dr. McClean suggest George and Lydia do to change the path they’re on?
(a) Nothing. You’re on the right path
(b) Burn the house down
(c) Nothing. Your life is a like a dream
(d) Turn everything off. Start new

2. How much did the nursery cost in comparison to the rest of the house?
(a) Twice as much
(b) Thrice as much
(c) One-half as much
(d) One third as much

3. Who says, “I don’t want to do anything but look and listen and smell; what else is there to do”?
(a) Wendy
(b) George
(c) Peter
(d) Lydia

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

5. What does Dr.McClean find on the floor?
(a) A tea cup
(b) Dirty dishes
(c) A bloodied scarf
(d) A wallet

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom does the item belong?

2. What are the lions doing when Dr. McClean walks in?

3. What is David McClean?

4. How long has the African veldt been in the nursery?

5. Who does George think is spoiled?

Short Essay Questions

1. In the past, what has David McClean noticed about the nursery?

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

3. What do they see when they all walk into the nursery together so that George can prove Africa is in there?

4. What does George hear just as he enters the nursery (for the second time in the story)?

5. Why does Lydia “bolt and run”?

6. Explain Dr.McClean’s comment that children prefer santas over scrooges.

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

8. 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?

9. Why does Lydia want George to look at the nursery?

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

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