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

2. What does Bradbury compare the chemical fire-fighting foam to?
(a) Snakes.
(b) Seafoam.
(c) Clouds.
(d) Elephants.

3. Who is the author of the poem that the house reads after dinner?
(a) Bradbury.
(b) Teasdale.
(c) Thomas.
(d) Longfellow.

4. When the windows break and the wind makes the fire grow and spread, which thematic motif is reinforced?
(a) The house is a part of nature.
(b) Nature and the house are in opposition.
(c) The house is evil.
(d) Technology can be dangerous.

5. On what date does the story begin?
(a) April 6.
(b) April 4.
(c) August 6.
(d) August 4.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what does the phrase "the children's hour" allude?

2. From two thirty-five to four o'clock, what can readers infer that the family would ordinarily be doing?

3. Just before the house collapses, what does it do?

4. What is the name of the family that owned the house?

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

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