Bradbury Short Story Review

The meaning of Veldt is:

• A dry wasteland

• A grassland

• A lion’s cave

• A rainforest location

When comparing the Veldt in the nursery to the current home of George and Lydia Hadley, one could infer that…

• The children are wishing that life was much simpler

• The children have a distorted view of what their life should be like

• The children have an obsession with places that they cannot visit

• The children are very loving and enjoy everything that life has to offer

After reading “The Veldt,” the reader can assume that Wendy and Peter are…

• Evil children that do not have delayed gratification (they cannot wait for things)

• Happy, kind children that focus on the positives that life has to offer

• Insane children that would rather have chaos and destruction than a loving home

• Both A and C

The screams heard in the nursery are…

• The psychologist playing a game with the children

• The parents playing a game with the children

• The parents being eaten by lions

• The parents having a cruel trick played on them by their children

The names Wendy and Peter represent...

• Children that never want to grow up

• Children that do not want to live without technology

• Children that are focused on their needs and wishes

• Children that want responsibility

Why couldn’t Fiorello Bodoni go up into space on a rocket?

• He didn’t have any money, he was a poor junkyard guy

• He didn’t have enough money for his entire family to ride the rocket

• He didn’t want to ride the rocket, he thought it was a waste of time

• He didn’t want to be a part of the space race

Instead of going up on the rocket, Bodoni did the following instead…

• stole a used rocket and sold the aluminum to purchase the tickets

• bought a used rocket and made it realistic so that everyone can enjoy space

• went to the space company that makes rockets and asked for a job

• decided that he was going to remain a junkyard man and not go anywhere.

Bodoni’s wife thinks that Bodoni did the following for his children…

• created a life full of excuses and regret

• created a financial burden for his family to pay off

• created wonderful memories for his children to cherish

• created a wonderful amusement area for all children to enjoy, not just his.

What type of dream did everyone have?

• A horrific dream that talked of aliens

• A horrific dream that focused on the death of humans

• A pleasant sleep like dream that made everyone understand

• A pleasant dream that created chaos anyway

The main characters do not have names because…

• It could be any man or woman in the world

• The characters symbolize destruction and death

• Bradbury was lazy and couldn’t think of any names

• Science Fiction sometimes leaves out names