The Veldt - Comprehension

What word best describes Bradbury’s tone (attitude) toward the increasing use of technology? 

• Admonishing
• Excited
• Encouraging
• Content

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.7.5C

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.7.6

What does technology do, according to Lydia?

• Makes her feel useless
  
• Makes her happy
• Makes her sleepy
• Makes her proud

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

Which one of the following is NOT an example of foreshadowing in the story?

• "They almost got us!" Lydia says when the lions run towards them at the beginning of the story.
• At dinner they ate alone, for Wendy and Peter were at a special plastic carnival.
• "What is that?" Lydia asked.  "An old wallet of mine . . . there were drops of saliva on it. . ."
• "Those screams- they sound familiar."

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CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

What is being inferred by the following line from the end of the story?  "And suddenly they realized why those other screams had sounded familiar."

• They heard the screams of the children
• They heard the scream of vultures
• They heard the lions dying in the virtual world
• They heard their own screams

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CCSS.RL.7.1

Which one of the following DOES NOT contain a message the author wanted to teach in this story?

• Spoiled children can be violent.
• The children of the future should be allowed to create without restrictions.
• Humans should not allow technology to control them.
• Parents must have and maintain rules for their children.

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CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Infer the reason the children so strongly oppose turning off the nursery?

• They fear that it may actually kill the lions.
• They are trying to upset their parents
• They are more connected to the nursery than they are connected to their parents. 
• They have given into the nursery and it controls them. 

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CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.6

In the nursery, when it is set to the veldt land, Ray Bradbury symbolically represents the children's hatred for their parents with...

• The extreme heat coming from the sun.
• The vultures flying overhead.
• The giraffes and antelopes in the background.
• The tall grass waving in the African wind.

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CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

Ray Bradbury, along with many other literary techniques, uses foreshadowing throughout his plot line. An example of this would be...

• When George's wallet is found in the nursery with bite marks and saliva.
• When Peter and Wendy tell George and Lydia that they will be home late for dinner.
• When Lydia asks George to take a look at the nursery.
• Peter tells Wendy to go check on the nursery to see if its set on Africa.

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CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.W.7.9A

Which of the following would be considered the climax of Ray Bradbury's, "The Veldt"?

• Peter and Wendy lock their parents in the nursery with the lions.
• David McClean comes over and surveys the nursery for problems.
• Wendy asks David McClean if he would like a cup of tea.
• Peter and Wendy scream and cry when the nursery is turned off.

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CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

The reader can infer that the lions in "The Veldt" symbolize...

• Love
• Africa
• Power
• Weakness

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CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.2