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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. Who does the story imply is still alive in the city?
(a) Some animals.
(b) A few scientists.
(c) The wealthy.
(d) No one.

2. What is the probable purpose of emphasizing the roundness of the smoke plume and the great quantity of smoke?
(a) It points out how little chance the house really had.
(b) It reinforces the "technology versus nature" motif.
(c) It reminds the reader of a nuclear explosion.
(d) There is an implied comparison to a woman's skirts.

3. What is the name of the family that owned the house?
(a) Longfellow.
(b) Fitzpatrick.
(c) Arthur.
(d) McClellan.

4. What is strange about how the nursery reacts to the fire?
(a) The voice in the nursery walls begins singing an old children's song.
(b) The nursery is the only room that does not turn on its sprinklers.
(c) The nursery deliberately opens its windows during the fire.
(d) The animal images seem to be aware of the fire.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the poem that the house reads after dinner?

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

3. What does the garage do when no one drives the car away?

4. What does Bradbury compare the chemical fire-fighting foam to?

5. 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?

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