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

2. When the story ends, what is left standing?
(a) Nothing.
(b) One wall of the house.
(c) A distant building.
(d) A tree.

3. What is the house compared to as it burns to the ground?
(a) A bomb.
(b) A bonfire.
(c) A skeleton.
(d) A cigar.

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

5. Just before the house collapses, what does it do?
(a) It shuts down entirely except for its "voice" function.
(b) It announces the wrong date and time.
(c) It begins performing multiple functions over and over.
(d) It dumps out all of the liquor, coffee, and milk in one last attempt to fight the fire.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to the dog when it cannot get into the kitchen?

2. Why do the robot mice come out when they do?

3. "Seven-nine, breakfast time" is an example of which rhyming technique?

4. In the image of animals, the panther is said to be "cavorting." What is this panther doing?

5. To what famous dog is this dog an allusion?

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