"The Veldt"

2. George was surprised to see her, "lovely and mysterious," singing in a lush jungle.
3. These beasts chased the Hadleys from the nursery.
7. The dining room table quickly produced this when George said it was forgotten.
9. Last name of the family in the story
10. The bloody wallet and scarf in the story are examples of this literary device
13. He threw a tantrum when the nursery was locked.
14. The children once had a Santa Claus, but they now had this literary figure
15. The Hadleys lived in a ___ Home that was soundproof and cost $30,000 (a lot in 1950!)
17. Author of "The Veldt"
18. After unplugging everything, the house felt like "a mechanical ___"

1. He comes to evaluate what the children were doing in the nursery.
3. Ironically, she felt the nursery was "too real"
4. The walls of this electronic room were 30 feet tall.
5. The parents thought their children were spending too much time on this continent.
6. David declares "a ___ never saw a fact in his life"
8. Instead of bedrooms, the children had "___ rooms"
10. The word "veldt" can be defined as a type of wide-open ___ in Southern Africa.
11. He wonders if he's been "smoking too much"
12. She ran off to see if the nursery was still in Africa, but likely changed it.
14. George wonders if this was one of the "rewards" for giving his children everything they ever wanted.
16. One of the stories George demanded to see in the nursery