Characters
Happylife Home
Inference
General Knowledge
Quotes
100
How many characters are there in the story?
5
100
How much did the Happylife House cost?
$30,000
100
Why did the screams sound familiar to the parents?
They were their own?
100
Who is the author of "The Veldt"?
Ray Bradbury
100
Who said: ''But nothing's too good for our children?''
George Hadley
200
Who had the last line of the story?
Wendy Hadley
200
How much extra did the nursery cost?
$15,000
200
"Pride, money, foolishness."
George or Lydia. Lydia is the better answer.
200
What did George and Lydia hear in their first moments in the veldt?
Antelope feet running
200
Who said: ''Those screams--they sound familiar?''
Lydia Hadley
300
Name all the characters in the story
George Hadley Lydia Hadley Wendy Hadley Peter Hadley David McClean
300
Double Point Question!!!! Where is the Hadley family's house?
The location is unknown of where they live.
300
"Filthy creature" was said by?
Who is Lydia?
300
Why were the scarf and the wallet in the nursery in the story?
It can be assumed that the kids stole their belongings to give the lion's the parents scent, hence leading way to the parents being hunted later in the story.
300
Who said: "You know how difficult Peter is about that"?
George Hadley
400
What does the Happylife House do, according to Lydia?
It makes her feel useless and as it takes over her roles as a mother.
400
What is the veldt?
African grasslands or plains.
400
What were the lion's eating in the distance all along?
George and Lydia themselves
400
In "The Veldt," what are the goals and motivations of Peter and Wendy?
The goals and motivations of Wendy and Peter who have become enthralled with the veldt to the exclusion of their real parents, whom they perceive as an intrusion in their virtual world.
400
Who said: "Maybe I don't have enough to do. Maybe I have time to think too much."?
Lydia Hadley
500
Daily Double!!!!! 1000 points!!!!! Why were Wendy and Peter so apathetic about the death of their parents at the end ?
The kids are more concerned with their own technologically driven world. In this condition, human connection is secondary. At the same time, Peter and Wendy have assumed so much power because of technology they are at the point where they see their parents as potential threats.In doing so, the children lose respect for their parents, becoming more attached to things than sentimentality. In the process, the lack of affect becomes evident in how the children view their parents and the apathy that results upon their deaths. (As long as gets the main point)
500
In "The Veldt," what technologies are available to the family?Name at least 3
The house clothes them, bathes them and rocks them to sleep, played and sang and was good to the family. The children can ''Televise'' to their parents The dining room produces food itself The advanced nursery connects thoughts and makes them true, bordering reality
500
Where is Iowa?
Lydia and George were going away. Where to?
500
What is the original title of The Veldt?
"The World the Children Made"
500
When Peter says: "I don't want to do anything but look and listen and smell; what else is there to do"? What is the story implying for the children?
The children know nothing beyond the nursery anymore, they are completely submerged in a misinterpreted reality, and know nothing of the real world anymore. (Correct as long as gets the main point)
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