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The Veldt

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

"a wind sucked them like brown leaves" is an example of

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

c)

personification

2.

"...the walls began to purr..." is an example of

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

c)

personification

3.

"‘Children are carpets, they should be stepped on occasionally" is an example of

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

c)

personification

4.

The Veldt is written in which person?

a)

1st person

b)

2nd person

c)

3rd person

5.

Finding the wallet with blood on it is an example of

a)

simile

b)

foreshadowing

c)

characterization

6.

Which of these animals foreshadow death?

a)

vultures

b)

zebras

c)

giraffes

d)

lions

7.

Which of these describes the theme of a story?

a)

the main idea

b)

the last paragraph

c)

a universal lesson or moral

d)

the conflict

8.

Which word means an African grassland?

a)

paranoia

b)

jaunt

c)

awry

d)

veldt

9.

A sense that others are "out to get you" is called

a)

persecuted

b)

paranoia

c)

engrossed

d)

thatched

10.

A short trip is called a

a)

jaunt

b)

veldt

c)

conjure

d)

awry

11.

Appalled means

a)

neurotic

b)

happy

c)

horrified, shocked

d)

engrossed

12.

To torture or torment means to.....

a)

jaunt

b)

conjure

c)

persecute

d)

engross

13.

New Word: If a question is VAGUE, it is

a)

a brief trip

b)

covered with straw

c)

unclear or uncertain

d)

no longer necessary or useful

14.

NEW WORD: "With the children gone, the two men stood studying the lions clustered at a distance, eating with great RELISH whatever it was they had caught." RELISH means

a)

frustration

b)

enjoyment

c)

anger

d)

sadness

15.

If something is happening in the opposite way to what is expected, it is ___________.

a)

ironic

b)

a metaphor

c)

an exposition

d)

personification

16.

Which of these would be a good theme for this story? (There may be more than one.)

a)

Giving your children everything they want does not make them love you.

b)

Technology has no effect on people.

c)

Technology can't take the place of good parents.

d)

Disciplining your children will make them neurotic.