"The Veldt" Reading Quiz

Who were the four main characters ?

• Peter & Lydia are the kids, the parents are not named

• Peter +Wendy (the two kids), Mario, & Lydia (the parents)

• Peter + Wendy (the parents), Lydia, + Jackson (the kids)

• Peter + Wendy (the kids), George + Lydia (the parents)

Answer explanation

George is the father

Wendy is the daughter

Peter is the son

Lydia is the mother

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How did the nursery know what to create?

• The nursery was pre-programmed with instructions.

• The nursery was in sync with the kids minds.

• The nursery decided on its own, based on the kids' needs.

• The nursery was controlled by the psychologist.

There is a bad feeling in the room because the children…

• are angry that their parents don’t spend much time with them.

• feel that their parents care more about the house than them.

• are upset that their parents are threatening to take away their technology.

• don’t have any other toys to play with.

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What does George mean when he says that the family is “going to live”?

• They are going to turn off all their technology and experience life.

• They are going to travel instead of staying at home all the time.

• They are going to turn the nursery off.

• They are going to enjoy the nursery without the veldt.

Which of the following is a central message presented in this story?

• Too much technology can come with heavy consequences
• Parents needs to be more loving towards their children
• Raising a well behaved child is very hard work
• The future generations are doomed

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Finding the wallet with blood on it is an example of

• simile

• foreshadowing

• characterization

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What can we infer from 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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At the beginning of the story, what does Mr. Hadley reflect on after they left the nursery?

• He worries that his children started thinking about death at an early age.

• He is proud that his children are mature enough to think about death.

• He fears that his children are often afraid of the idea of death.

• He worries that his children have an unhealthy obsession with death.

At the end of the story, Mr. and Mrs. Hadley decide to…

• give their children one last moment with the nursery.

• let their children keep the nursey.

• move far away from their home.

• never use another machine again.

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

• Cautionary

• Interested

• Careful

• Celebratory