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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. What does the house do with the uneaten breakfast?
(a) Leaves it sitting on the table with the rest of the uneaten meals.
(b) Throws it away.
(c) Scrapes it into the dog's dish.
(d) Puts it in the refrigerator.

2. In the poem "There Will Come Soft Rains," the plum trees are in "tremulous" white. Readers can infer that this refers to what?
(a) Blossoms.
(b) Ash.
(c) Snow.
(d) Butterflies.

3. What is the name of the family that owned the house?
(a) McClellan.
(b) Arthur.
(c) Longfellow.
(d) Fitzpatrick.

4. To what story do the robot mice allude?
(a) Snow White.
(b) Little Red Riding Hood.
(c) Cinderella.
(d) Beauty and the Beast.

5. What is the job of the robot mice?
(a) Entertaining the children.
(b) Alerting the house to intruders.
(c) Cleaning.
(d) Entertaining the dog.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the windows break and the wind makes the fire grow and spread, which thematic motif is reinforced?

2. What does Bradbury compare the chemical fire-fighting foam to?

3. What does Bradbury metaphorically compare the house to?

4. What effect is the constant repetition and rhyming of the voice-clock probably meant to have?

5. Which is the best summary of how the poem "There Will Come Soft Rains" compares to the short story of the same name?

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