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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 does the garage do when no one drives the car away?
(a) Starts the car remotely.
(b) Announces again that it is time to go to work and to school.
(c) Uses the car horn to alert the family.
(d) Waits and then closes again.

2. What "delicacies" does the fire consume upstairs?
(a) Paintings by well-known artists.
(b) Vinyl record albums by famous singers.
(c) The clothing of every member of the family.
(d) The children's toys.

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

4. In the poem "There Will Come Soft Rains," the plum trees are in "tremulous" white. Readers can infer that this refers to what?
(a) Snow.
(b) Ash.
(c) Blossoms.
(d) Butterflies.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Which is the best summary of how the poem "There Will Come Soft Rains" compares to the short story of the same name?

3. What does the dog do once it gets inside the house?

4. What does the breakfast stove make for breakfast?

5. Who is Baal?

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