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The Veldt

Ray Bradbury

Type

Short story

Published

1950

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What do George and Lydia Hadley ultimately decide to do in response to their concerns about the HappyLife Home's nursery?

AThey call a technician to repair the nursery's malfunctioning walls.
BThey plan a family vacation to get away from the house.
CThey decide to shut down the nursery and eventually the entire HappyLife Home.✓
DThey invite a psychologist to move into the home permanently.

Rationale

Concerned about the nursery's unhealthy obsession with an African veldt and the lions within it, George and Lydia choose to shut down the nursery. Following George's lead, they also decide to turn off the entire HappyLife Home to try and restore a more self-reliant family life.

What do George and Lydia Hadley find when they look into the African veldt scene that their children's nursery is repeatedly showing?

AThe nursery has broken down and is displaying random landscapes
BThe nursery is showing a scene where lions are feeding on human remains that look like the parents✓
CThe children have secretly reprogrammed the nursery to display a peaceful meadow
DThe veldt scene is a memory from the family's last vacation

Rationale

George and Lydia discover that the hyper-realistic nursery is fixated on an African veldt scene with lions eating carcasses — and they slowly come to the horrifying realization that the remains look like them. This sets the stage for the climax of the story, where Peter and Wendy trap their parents in the nursery and the lions end up killing them.

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