"The Veldt" REVIEW

The setting in "The Veldt" is:

• the HappyLife Home

• New York City

• Africa

• Iowa

The characters in 'The Veldt" are:

• Peter, Wendy, George, and Lydia

• animals in Africa

• Aladdin and the Genie

• people at a plastic carnival

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The conflict in "The Veldt" is probably:

• man vs. nature

• man vs. technology

• man vs. magical forces

• man vs. self

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WHAT is unusual about the nursery?

• nothing

• it is downstairs in the house

• there are pets living in the nursery

• the nursery has virtual reality

WHY are George and Lydia worried about the nursery?

• it's falling apart and the paint is chipping

• the children are dreaming up violent scenes

• the babysitter is doing a bad job

• the children are dreaming up scenes with fairies and the Wizard of Oz

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HOW does the nursery CREATE scenes?

• it reads the thoughts of the children

• the parents decide what the scenes are

• the psychologist creates the scenes

WHY is the story called "The Veldt?"

• because that is what the author wanted

• because the nursery was velvety

• the main scene in the nursery is an African landscape

• the Veldt is a future thing

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WHEN George and Lydia tell the children they are turning off the nursery- HOW do they respond?

• the agree that it is probably for the best

• the throw tantrums

• they are cold towards their parents

• they run away

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WHAT is important to know about the HappyLife Home?

• the house does EVERYTHING for the family (including raising the children)

• the house is like a SMART house with a lot of technology

• no one IN the house is really HAPPY at all

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WHAT might be a theme of "The Veldt?"

• too much reliance on technology is bad

• there should be limits when raising children

• don't let children hang out in a nursery alone

• short stories aren't really short

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