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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 is the first thing that the voice-clock announces?
(a) It is raining.
(b) Time for breakfast.
(c) Time for work.
(d) Time to get up.

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

3. When the fire travels outside and up the sides of the house, it is described as what?
(a) Mischievous.
(b) Treacherous.
(c) Overwhelming.
(d) Clever.

4. What allusion is present in the weather box's announcement of the rain?
(a) There is a reference to a very old folk tune, often sung by children.
(b) There is a reference to a Greek myth about rain and death.
(c) There is a reference to a famous Dutch painting.
(d) There is a reference to a popular book of Bradbury's time.

5. 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?
(a) It reminds the reader that the house is a living thing.
(b) It reinforces how helpless and pointless the technology is in the face of nature's power.
(c) It clarifies the order in which the house is burning, because the house can still "speak."
(d) It reminds the reader of the death of the family.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the poem "There Will Come Soft Rains," the plum trees are in "tremulous" white. Readers can infer that this refers to what?

2. What historical event is alluded to with the date given in the beginning of the story?

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

4. What is the house compared to as it burns to the ground?

5. Which room recreates the sights, sounds, and smells of the African savanna?

(see the answer key)

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