The Veldt Multiple Choice and Matching Quiz

The setting of this story can best be described as

• The Hadley’s HappyLife Home, sometime in the future

• A technological nursery, present day

• A technological nursery, sometime in the future

• The Hadley’s HappyLife Home, 2054 AD

An appropriate example of foreshadowing from the story is

• When the parents decide to turn the entire house off

• When the children come home from the carnival smelling like peppermint

• When George finds Lydia’s scarf all bloodied in the nursery

• When Wendy asks the psychologist if he wants some tea

The best way to describe the nursery in the Hadley home is

• A simulation room complete with sensory technologies that takes the children’s thoughts and turns them into a “realistic” scene

• A travel room that allows the family to travel to Africa anytime they want

• A room that a person can program to take them anywhere in the world

• A simulation room that is controlled by the parents at all times as a way to comfort their children when they are upset

A dystopian motif that largely appears within this story is

• Freedom vs. Control

• Friends vs. Enemies

• Adversity vs. Defeat

• All of the Above

A possible theme statement for “The Veldt” is

• Technology should provide more nourishment for people than someone’s friends and family.

• It is better if humanity lets machines take over the simple and mundane aspects of life.

• The advancement of technology should not be used to satisfy humanity’s selfishness and laziness.

• None of the Above

Who ultimately has control over the household?

• The children

• The parents

• The machines

• The psychologist

Why is the description of the children as having “cheeks like peppermint candy” and eyes “like agate marbles” ironic?

• Because their innocent childlike descriptions is the opposite of what the reader expects due to the nature of their thoughts

• Because we would not expect the children to like non-technological objects like candy and marbles

• Because the parents do not know the nature of their children’s thoughts, but the reader does

• None of the Above

What ultimately leads to the parents’ deaths?

• The malfunctioning machinery in their house

• Their own selfish and lazy parenting style

• The psychologist’s bad advice

• Their death was an accident and nothing lead to it

Why are the parents unhappy with their HappyLife Home?

• Because it did not come with enough features

• Because they paid too much money for it and do not use it enough

• Because their children spend too much time in the nursery and not enough time with them

• Because they do not have any distinct purpose in the home anymore and feel non-important

The author’s primary purpose for writing “The Veldt” can BEST be described as

• Entertaining the reader with a horrific story about violence and deception

• Warning or advising the reader about the potential consequences of advanced technology

• Informing the reader about a family who lost their sense of unity and self

• Persuading the reader to buy futuristic technologies because of the comforts they provide