The Veldt

6. David McClean says its hard for children to go from a Santa to a
8. these creatures are circling at the beginning and end of the story
10. this bloody item of the mother's is also found in the nursery
12. The brand name for the type of house the family lives in
13. reference to something famous from history, art, or literature
14. the father is drinking and smoking more because he feels
16. The children's nursery represents this from Peter Pan since it is powered by the children's dark thoughts
17. David McClean's profession

1. the mother feels as though she is being replaced by the
2. The mother hears this and thinks she recognizes the voices
3. the name of the mother in the story
4. Which item of the father's do the parents find in the nursery, chewed and bloody
5. literary device in which the author hints at what might happen later in the story
7. the name of the father in the story
9. Peter and Wendy are angry at their parents because they aren't allowed to go here
11. At the end of the story, the parents are eaten by these
13. the children have been spending a lot of time here while in the nursery
15. This word refers to African grasslands