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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 is forgotten, and then quickly produced, at the dinner table?
(a) French fries
(b) Ketchup
(c) Tea
(d) Dinner plates
2. What does the found item smell like?
(a) Rain and ferns
(b) Cigarette smoke
(c) Old cheese and meat
(d) Hot grass and lion
3. Who says, “There’s no Africa in the nursery”?
(a) George
(b) Peter
(c) Lydia
(d) David
4. 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 metaphor
(b) A simile
(c) Alliteration
(d) Personification
5. Who initially believes that the nursery walls are too real?
(a) Lydia
(b) Wendy
(c) George
(d) Peter
Short Answer Questions
1. Who calls George and Lydia into the nursery?
2. How much did they pay for their home?
3. What genre is The Veldt?
4. What is the husband’s name?
5. Who threatens George?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does George laugh at Lydia once she runs out of the nursery?
2. What does David McClean find on the floor of the nursery?
3. Why does Lydia want George to lock up the nursery?
4. Explain the following quote: “And again George Hadley was filled with admiration for the mechanical genius who had conceived this room. A miracle of efficiency selling for an absurdly low price. Every home should have one.”
5. Before the African veldt, what did the children conjure in the nursery?
6. George threatens to turn the entire house off for a month, how does Peter react?
7. How does Lydia propose to change her feelings of worthlessness?
8. Describe the sensory experience of the nursery. What senses does the nursery appeal to? Use a description from the text as an example.
9. How does Dr. McClean say the nursery feels?
10. What do the vultures in the African veldt scene indicate?
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