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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 is found on the floor of the nursery?

2. What is on the wallet?

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

4. What is “busy humming it to itself” in the opening paragraphs?

5. What does Lydia hear that George does not?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What do the vultures in the African veldt scene indicate?

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

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

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

7. Why is George hesitant to lock up the nursery? What does he fear?

8. How is dinner served to George and Lydia?

9. How does the house take care of them?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Both George and Lydia doubt themselves as parents throughout the short story.

Discuss three incidences in The Veldt where either George or Lydia seems unsure in their parenting decision. What is the result of this insecurity? Use examples from the text to illustrate the incidences.

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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