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

2. From two thirty-five to four o'clock, what can readers infer that the family would ordinarily be doing?
(a) Cleaning.
(b) Playing cards and having a snack.
(c) They would still be at work and school.
(d) Having friends over to eat and listen to the radio.

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

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

5. Why does the dog want to get into the kitchen so badly?
(a) The rest of the house is filling with smoke.
(b) Its food dish is in the kitchen.
(c) The house has begun making pancakes.
(d) It thinks the family is in the kitchen.

Short Answer Questions

1. Bradbury mentions that martinis "manifested" on tables. What did the martinis do?

2. Who does the story imply is still alive in the city?

3. When the fire travels outside and up the sides of the house, it is described as what?

4. The line "And Spring herself, when she woke at dawn," contains an example of which technique?

5. What is the probable purpose of emphasizing the roundness of the smoke plume and the great quantity of smoke?

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