2. The robot mice are said to live in "warrens." This means that they live in what?
(a) Racks.
(b) Small boxes.
(c) Plastic sleeves.
(d) Networks of tunnels.

3. To what famous dog is this dog an allusion?
(a) President Lincoln's dog.
(b) Cerberus.
(c) Odysseus's dog.
(d) Buck, from Call of the Wild.

4. What does the house provide after dinner?
(a) A fire and a cigar.
(b) Games and snacks.
(c) A warm bath.
(d) Music and hot chocolate.

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

6. The use of sentence fragments in the description of the spreading fire is probably intended to create what effect?
(a) Apathy and resignation.
(b) Confusion and doubt.
(c) Chaos and speed.
(d) Distance and irony.

7. Where are the "aluminium roaches and iron crickets"?
(a) In the garage.
(b) In the nursery.
(c) In the yard.
(d) In the walls.

8. In the section about the nursery, Bradbury mentions the "sprockets" in the walls. What are "sprockets"?
(a) Cameras.
(b) Robots.
(c) Insects.
(d) Cogwheels.

9. What causes the house to temporarily "give up" as the fire spreads?
(a) The house is waiting for the flames to reach the attic.
(b) It has begun to rain outside.
(c) There is no more water.
(d) The house is ready to "die."

10. What effect is the constant repetition and rhyming of the voice-clock probably meant to have?
(a) It demonstrates a positive attitude toward technology.
(b) It stresses the forgetfulness of the family.
(c) It reinforces the similarity of everything that the voice clock says.
(d) It echos the language of fairy tales and nursery rhymes.

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

12. "Seven-nine, breakfast time" is an example of which rhyming technique?
(a) End rhyme.
(b) Eye rhyme.
(c) Identical rhyme.
(d) Slant rhyme.

13. What does Bradbury say is like "an altar with ten-thousand attendants"?
(a) The incinerator.
(b) The house.
(c) The city.
(d) The yard.

14. What can be seen on the house's west wall?
(a) Broken glass.
(b) The silhouettes of the family.
(c) Water beginning to seep in at the foundation.
(d) A huge crater.

15. 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) Technology can be dangerous.
(d) The house is evil.