"The Veldt" Vocabulary and Reading Checkpoint LS

What is the definition of the word "veldt"?

• open grassland characteristic of southern Africa

• able to work or move independently

• sensors that create the smell of a particular location

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What is the definition of the word "automaticity"?

• open grassland characteristic of southern Africa

• able to work or move independently

• sensors that create the smell of a particular location

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

What is the definition of the word "odorophonics"?

• open grassland characteristic of southern Africa

• able to work or move independently

• sensors that create the smell of a particular location

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What is the definition of the word "jaunt"?

• a short journey taken for pleasure

• bewildered or confused

• to flow out or issue from a source

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What is the definition of the word "bemused"?

• a short journey taken for pleasure

• bewildered or confused

• to flow out or issue from a source

What is the definition of the word "emanations"?

• a short journey taken for pleasure

• bewildered or confused

• to flow out or issue from a source

What is the definition of the word "intersperse"?

• a short journey taken for pleasure

• bewildered or confused

• to diversify with something placed or scattered at intervals

What items did the characters find that foreshadowed the deaths of George and Lydia Hadley?

• George's old wallet

• a bloody diary

• Lydia's scarf

Which of the following is NOT a theme in Ray Bradbury's "The Veldt"?

• The dangers of technology

• Parents and children

• Help the poor and needy

Why does Ray Bradbury make an allusion to Peter Pan in "The Veldt"?

• Because it's a cute story (fun = fun)

• He wants the reader to understand how Wendy and Peter are lost boys fighting against adults (David McLean = Captain Hook)

• He wants the reader to understand how much power a child's imagination has (the nursery = Neverland)