"I don't know anything," he said, "except that I'm beginning to
be sorry we bought that room for the children. If children are
neurotic at all, a room like that-"
"It's supposed to help them work off their neuroses in a healthful
way."
"I'm starting to wonder." He stared at the ceiling.
"We've given the children everything they ever wanted. Is this
our reward-secrecy, disobedience?"
"Who was it who said, 'Children are carpets, they should be
stepped on occasionally'? We've never lifted a hand. They're
insufferable-let's admit it. They come and go when they like;
they treat us as if we were offspring. They're spoiled and we're
spoiled."
"They've been acting funny ever since you forbade them to take
the rocket to New York a few months ago."
"They're not old enough to do that alone, I explained."
"Nevertheless, I've noticed they've been decidedly cool toward
us since."
"I think I'll have Dave McClean come tomorrow morning to have
a look at Africa."
"But it's not Africa now, it's Green Mansions country and Rima."
"I have a feeling it'll be Africa again before then."
A moment later they heard the screams.
Two screams. Two people screaming from downstairs. And then
a roar of lions.
"Wendy and Peter aren't in their rooms," said his wife.
He lay in his bed with his beating heart. "No," he said. "They've
broken into the nursery."
"Those screams-they sound familiar."
"Do they?"
"Yes, awfully."
Read the passage from "The Veldt" by Ray Bradbury.
What are two clues in the passage that tell the reader the
story takes place in the future?
(1 point)
the room that cures neuroses and the family's rocket
the spoiled children and the complaining parents
the talk about discipline and the talk about travel
the children breaking into the nursery and the children
screaming
select the correct answer