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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 has happened to the city around the house?
(a) It has been flooded by a burst dam.
(b) It has been flooded by massive rains.
(c) It has been leveled by an earthquake.
(d) It has been leveled by a bomb.

2. Why does the dog want to get into the kitchen so badly?
(a) Its food dish is in the kitchen.
(b) It thinks the family is in the kitchen.
(c) The rest of the house is filling with smoke.
(d) The house has begun making pancakes.

3. What does Bradbury compare to Baal?
(a) The dog.
(b) The incinerator.
(c) The stove.
(d) The house.

4. Why do the robot mice come out when they do?
(a) They are programmed to come out at nine-fifteen.
(b) There is food spilled near the table.
(c) They are looking for the family.
(d) They mistake the noise of the rain for an intruder.

5. Who is Baal?
(a) A pre-Christian god.
(b) An Egyptian pharaoh.
(c) A Mesopotamian warrior.
(d) The dog that guards hell in Greek mythology.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens at ten-fifteen?

2. Who is the author of the poem that the house reads after dinner?

3. The line "And swallows circling with their shimmering sound" is an example of which technique?

4. When the narrator tells readers that it seems like the voice-clock is worried that no one will get up, this is an example of what technique?

5. What "delicacies" does the fire consume upstairs?

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