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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 1: "There Will Come Soft Rains".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the house let the dog in?
(a) It recognizes the dog.
(b) It is an accident.
(c) It wants the dog to find the family.
(d) It is programmed to let in any dog or cat.

2. What happens at ten-fifteen?
(a) The nursery walls come to life.
(b) A window breaks.
(c) The sprinklers begin watering the lawn.
(d) The house shuts itself down.

3. In the image of animals, the panther is said to be "cavorting." What is this panther doing?
(a) Playing.
(b) Hunting.
(c) Eating.
(d) Sleeping.

4. What happens at ten o'clock?
(a) The robot mice go back to their burrows.
(b) The kitchen begins to make a second breakfast.
(c) A stray animal wanders through the kitchen.
(d) The sun comes out.

5. What does the breakfast stove make for breakfast?
(a) Eggs, toast, and bacon.
(b) Pancakes and bacon.
(c) Pancakes.
(d) Eggs and hash browns.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is unusual about the images of the African animals?

2. What is the likely purpose of inserting the house's "dialogue" ("Help, help! Fire! Run, run!") into the scene that describes the fire consuming the house?

3. "Mr. Featherstone" is an example of what literary technique?

4. What is strange about how the nursery reacts to the fire?

5. The robot mice are said to live in "warrens." This means that they live in what?

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