Nursery
These are the names of the parents in “The Veldt”.
What are George and Lydia Hadley?
Where do the Hadley children go to imagine different environments?
What is the nursery?
Which scene is permanently in the Hadley nursery?
What is a veldt?
The point of view of "The Pedestrian" is
What is third person point of view?
George and Lydia are locked in the nursery by...
What is the children with help from the nursery?
Based on the story, which of the following technological advantages could you conclude that the author, Bradbury, thinks could actually be the most harmful?
A. An entertainment room that makes your thoughts real.
B. An entertainment room that replaces your father or mother for affection.
C. A home that turns off lights before and after you enter the room.
D. The ability to take rocket trips without any adult supervision.
What is B. An entertainment room that replaces your father or mother for affection?
What word best describes Bradbury’s tone (attitude) toward the increasing use of technology?
A. Admonishing (warning against something)
B. Interested
C. Careful
D. Celebratory
What is A. admonishing? (warning against something)
“Oh, I hate you!”
“Insults won’t get you anywhere.”
“I wish you were dead!”
“We were, for a long while. Now we’re going to really start living. Instead of being handled and massaged, we’re going to live.”
the bold words mean...
What is they are going to turn off all their technology and experience life?
George told his children that the nursery would be turned off, as well as the rest of the house. They began screaming and throwing a hysterical fit. Define hysterical in this sentence.
What is emotional wildly emotional?
After Mr. and Mrs. Hadley are trapped inside the nursery, Wendy says to David McClean that “They’ll be here directly” in paragraph 68. This means...
What is
The following is the BEST answer for a theme in "The Veldt"?
A. The dangers of overusing technology.
B. Spoiled Children
C. Technology
What is A. The dangers of overusing technology?
What figurative language device is used in the following example:
“…and your mouth was stuffed with the dusty upholstery smell of their heated pelts.”
What is imagery?
This describes the relationship the Hadley children have with their parents:
A. They love and respect their parents.
B.They sometimes disagree, but overall it is a positive relationship.
C. They fear their parents.
D. They manipulate their parents and get what they want.
What is D. They manipulate their parents and get what they want?
All of the following are examples of foreshadowing except
A. the lions running at the Hadley’s before they get out of the nursery.
B. the plan to take a vacation away from all the technology.
C. when George goes into the nursery and tries to change it, he cannot.
D. the screams in the nursery that sound somewhat familiar.
What is B. the plan to take a vacation away from all the technology?
This is not a piece of evidence in the beginning that lets the reader know the setting is in the future:
A.The Hadley’s home has a nursery with some kind of problem.
B.The Hadley’s home “clothed and fed and rocked them to sleep…”
C.The nursery’s technology creates images out of your thoughts.
D.The children can televise messages home to their parents.
What is A.The Hadley’s home has a nursery with some kind of problem?
Ray Bradbury uses this kind of bird to represent death.
What is a vulture?