The Veldt Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 76 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The Veldt Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 76 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What concerns George?

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

3. When was The Veldt published?

4. When George walks into the nursery with the children, what is there?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain how the nursery conjures the African veldt.

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

3. Why does Lydia say, “The house is wife and mother now, and nursemaid”?

4. Explain the following quote: “Now we’re really going to start living. Instead of being handled and massaged, we’re going to live.”

5. Why do George and Lydia suppose that they cannot change the nursery?

6. How long does he think the children have been conjuring Africa? What had he noticed, but not paid attention to?

7. Describe the nursery. Why is it a special room? What are the dimensions?

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

9. Where are George and Lydia Hadley?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Stories can be plot or character driven, or even both with a balance of the two.

What do you think it means to say that a plot is character driven or action driven? Which type of plot do you find more interesting? Why? Do you think it is possible to have a plot where action and character are developed to the same degree? Why or why not? Explain your response.

Essay Topic 2

Analyze and discuss what you think are the characteristics of a successful novel or story and why The Veldt is or is not successful based on your criteria. Do you think the criteria for a successful story should be different if it is written for adults versus young adults?

Essay Topic 3

Foreshadowing is used in almost all works of fiction.

What is foreshadowing? Identify three instances of foreshadowing in The Veldt and what they foreshadow? How does foreshadowing contribute to a story's suspense? Are there any incidences that you thought foreshadows a future event, but it does not do so?

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