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Worksheets"The Veldt" Test Review
Total questions: 48
Worksheet time: 3hrs 26mins
Which of the following literary devices is being used in this quote? "'I don't imagine the room will like being turned off.'"
Imagery
Personification
Allusion
Simile
Based on the story, which of the following technological advantages could you conclude that the author, Bradbury, might think would be the most harmful?
An entertainment room that makes your thoughts real.
An entertainment room that replaces your father or mother for affection.
A home that turns off lights before and after you enter the room
The ability to take rocket trips without any adult supervision.
What is the theme about technology that is 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.
Why did Ray Bradbury use vultures in the story instead of a different type of bird?
He couldn't find a blue bird.
The vultures symbolize death.
The vultures represent happiness.
Bluebirds symbolize bad luck.
How do the allusions of Santa vs. Scrooge and fantasy lands vs. Africa add meaning to the story?
They emphasize the similarities of past scenes and current scenes in the nursery.
They are used to create a mood of happiness in the reader.
They are used to emphasize the contrast between the current situation in the home versus how it was in the past.
They are meant to remind readers of Christmas traditions.
How does Peter respond to George's threat to shut down the house?
Peter laughs.
Peter promises to do better.
Peter threatens George.
Peter cries.
"Wendy and Peter were coming in the front door, cheeks like peppermint candy, eyes like bright blue agate marbles, a smell of ozone on their jumpers from their trip in the helicopter." What type of figurative language is used in the passage above?
Metaphor
Hyperbole
Simile
Personification
Use context clues to define the underlined word and choose the correct synonym to replace it in the sentence.
Their approach sensitized a switch somewhere and the nursery light flicked on when they came within ten feet of it.
triggered
answered
approached
determined
Use context clues to define the underlined word and choose the correct synonym to replace it in the sentence.
What fun for everyone, not only your own son and daughter, but for yourself when you felt like a quick jaunt to a foreign land, a quick change of scenery.
trip
language
photograph
article
Along with many other literary techniques, Ray Bradbury uses foreshadowing throughout his plot line. An example of this would be ...
When George's wallet is found in the nursery with bite marks and saliva.
When Peter and Wendy tell George and Lydia that they will be home late for dinner.
When Lydia asks George to take a look at the nursery.
Peter tells Wendy to go check on the nursery to see if its set on Africa.
Why do the children disobey their parents when they are told they cannot use the nursery?
They are mad at their parents.
They want to make it better and show their parents they are sorry.
They left their toys in the room and needed to go get them back.
They do not respect their parents any more and do not listen to their authority.
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
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
Gives the reader a hint of something that is going to happen later in the story
Personification
Foreshadowing
Irony
Imagery
Gives human characteristics to inanimate objects/non-human things or animals
Metaphor
Simile
Personification
Allusion
Compares similarities between two unlike things by saying one thing is the other
Simile
Allusion
Personification
Metaphor
Compares two unlike things using “like” or “as”
Personification
Imagery
Metaphor
Simile
A figure of speech that references a well-known person, place, thing, or event
Metaphor
Simile
Allusion
Foreshadowing
The following quote is an example of which literary device?
"This house... clothed and fed and rocked them to sleep and played and sang and was good to them."
Personification
Metaphor
Simile
Allusion
The following quote is an example of which literary device?
"He bent and picked up a bloody scarf. 'This yours?' 'No... it belongs to Lydia."
Allusion
Imagery
Foreshadowing
Metaphor
Which sentence best illustrates a potential theme or lesson in this story?
"And suddenly they realized why those other screams had sounded familiar."
"Geroge, you'll have to change your life. Like too many others, you've built it around creature comforts."
"I wouldn't let them go to New York."
"It's just that the nursery is different now than it was."
With which statement would the author most likely agree with?
Technology can greatly enhance our lives.
Parenting isn't that hard.
Becoming too dependent on technology can destroy lives.
Consistency is key.
Why do the parents run into the nursery at the end?
They go to investigate screams they hear.
The kids call for them to come.
David McClean tells them to check it out.
They want a vacation.
What is a veldt?
a South American jungle
a shopping mall
an African grassland
a mountain
What kind of relationship do the Hadley children have with their parents?
They fear their parents.
They sometimes disagree, but overall it is a positive relationship.
They manipulate their parents and get what they want.
They love and respect their parents.
What does George Hadley decide to do after getting the psychologist's opinion?
Turn off the house
Allow their activities to continue as usual
Limit the time in the nursery
Slowly wean the children off the nursery and the house's gadgets
What is ironic about the Hadleys turning the house off for a "vacation"?
A. The Hadleys do not live close to a beach.
B. The house is not actually a person, so it cannot be on vacation.
C. The family will have to use the machines in the house to pack their clothes and get ready for a vacation.
D. Turning the house off for a vacation means the Hadleys will have to do more work and relax less.
What do the vultures symbolize in the veldt?
bitterness
hope
death
technology
"His wife paused in the middle of the kitchen and watched the stove busy humming to itself, making supper for four."
This is an example of
alliteration
allusion
onomatopoeia
personification
"The nursery was silent. It was empty as a jungle glade at hot high noon."
This is an example of
allusion
onomatopoiea
simile
metaphor
In the beginning of the story, the vultures flew over George's head casting a shadow on his face.
This is an example of
allusion
foreshadowing
onomatopoeia
denotation
How does George feel about the nursery in the beginning of the story?
He is worried about the children playing in Africa because it could be unhealthy.
He is afraid the lions will hurt the children.
He doesn't think Africa is real and thinks his wife is worried for no reason.
He thinks Africa is a great place for his kids to play.
"I think we’d better get downstairs before those kids get ____________ with the beasts again."
efficiency
relish
automatic
engrossed
"Oh, occasionally they frightened you with their clinical accuracy, they startled you, gave you a twinge, but most of the time what fun for everyone, not only your own son and daughter, but for yourself when you felt like a quick __________ to a foreign land, a quick change of scenery."
glade
veldt
jaunt
conjure
A story can have more than one theme.
TRUE
FALSE
The best definition of theme is...
The lesson the main character is learning.
The lesson the author wants readers to infer from the story.
A word that summarizes the story.
The character's main problem.
What is the main difference between THEME and MAIN IDEA?
Theme is a universal lesson and main idea is what a story is about.
Theme is what a story is about and main idea is central message it teaches.
One of the main purposes of futuristic science fiction like "The Veldt" is to serve as _________ for readers.
a warning
fun and entertainment
a reward
a challenge
"The nursery was silent. It was empty as a jungle glade at hot high noon. The walls were blank and two dimensional. Now, as George and Lydia Hadley stood in the center of the room, the walls began to purr and recede into crystalline distance, it seemed, and presently an African veldt appeared, in three dimensions, on all sides, in color reproduced to the final pebble and bit of straw. The ceiling above them became a deep sky with a hot yellow sun."
What point of view is the story told from?
1st person
3rd person
According to Lydia, at the beginning of the story, how does the technology in the Happylife Home make her feel?
Makes her feel useless
Makes her happy
Makes her sleepy
Makes her proud
Which of these is the best potential theme topic in the story?
Violence
Africa
Siblings
Lions
