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- 1. Multiple ChoiceWhat word best describes Bradbury’s tone (attitude) toward the increasing use of technology?AdmonishingExcitedEncouragingContent
- 2. Multiple ChoiceWhat does technology do, according to Lydia?Makes her feel uselessMakes her happyMakes her sleepyMakes her proud
- 3. Multiple ChoiceWhich one of the following is NOT an example of foreshadowing in the story?"They almost got us!" Lydia says when the lions run towards them at the beginning of the story.At dinner they ate alone, for Wendy and Peter were at a special plastic carnival."What is that?" Lydia asked. "An old wallet of mine . . . there were drops of saliva on it. . .""Those screams- they sound familiar."
- 4. Multiple ChoiceWhat is being inferred by the following line from the end of the story? "And suddenly they realized why those other screams had sounded familiar."They heard the screams of the childrenThey heard the scream of vulturesThey heard the lions dying in the virtual worldThey heard their own screams
- 5. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following literary devices is being used in this quote? "'I don't imagine the room will like being turned off.'"ImageryPersonificationAllusionSimile
- 6. Multiple ChoiceInfer the reason the children so strongly oppose turning off the nursery?They fear that it may actually kill the lions.They are trying to upset their parentsThey are more connected to the nursery than they are connected to their parents.They have given into the nursery and it controls them.
- 7. Multiple ChoiceIn the nursery, when it is set to the veldt land, Ray Bradbury symbolically represents the children's hatred for their parents with...The extreme heat coming from the sun.The vultures flying overhead.The giraffes and antelopes in the background.The tall grass waving in the African wind.
- 8. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the central message presented in this story?Too much technology can come with heavy consequencesParents needs to be more loving towards their childrenRaising a well behaved child is very hard workThe future generations are doomed
- 9. Multiple Choice
Why did Ray Bradbury use vultures in the story and not a cute little blue bird?
He couldn't find a blue bird
The vultures symbolize death
The vultures represent happiness
Bluebirds symbolize bad luck
- 10. Multiple Choiceoperating with minimal human intervention; independent of external controlautomaticjauntrelishefficiency
- 11. Multiple Choice
If you read a story with an omniscient narrator, which word below would best describe this type of narrator?
Understanding
All Knowing
Jealous
Reliable
- 12. Multiple Choice
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
- 13. Multiple Choice
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
- 14. Multiple Choice
Use context clues to define the underlined word and choose the correct synonym to replace it in the sentence.
The yellow of them was in your eyes like the yellow of an exquisite French tapestry, the yellows of lions and summer grass.
painting
pastry
wine
dinner
- 15. Multiple Choice
In which sentence is 'destructive' used correctly?
In the cold, destructive forest, the boy found his Frisbee.
Her horrible haircut left her with a destructive feeling.
The storm was powerful and destructive
- 16. Multiple Choice
What is a synonym for 'absurdly'?
Ridiculously
Coldly
Quickly
bizarrely
- 17. Multiple Choice
How does a 'sedative' make you feel?
sleepy/calm
excited
unsure
hungry
- 18. Multiple Choice
If you are 'telepathic' what can you do?
move things with your mind
fly
read minds
Transmit thoughts to other peoples' minds
- 19. Multiple Choice
which sentence uses the correct use of 'emanating'?
The sounds emanating from the dentist's office were not reassuring.
The waves were emanating beautifully across the beach
Emanating herself, she took a deep breath and moved on.
- 20. Multiple Choice
What does 'insufferable' mean?
Easy and pleasant
Painful
Too much to bear
- 21. Multiple Choice
To 'intersperse' is to...?
Put things in between other things.
Throw things
Turn things off
Eat something
- 22. Multiple Choice
If you feel 'persecuted' you feel...?
Loved and cared for
Safe and protected
Tired and slow
Harassed and bullied
- 23. Multiple Choice
Which sentence uses 'contemplated' correctly?
I don't feel contemplated, just tired
Having contemplated her decision all day, she finally took the leap.
He sat and contemplated his new garden, taking it in.
Don't contemplate on me, this is a new dress!
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