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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. Bradbury mentions that martinis "manifested" on tables. What did the martinis do?
(a) Spilled.
(b) Sparkled.
(c) Appeared.
(d) Evaporated.

2. To what does Bradbury compare folding tables?
(a) Oysters,
(b) Butterflies.
(c) Folded hands.
(d) Books.

3. What causes the fire to eventually win the battle with the house?
(a) The house stops defending itself.
(b) The wind creates flames so intense the house cannot fight them.
(c) The rain stops.
(d) The fire reaches the house's "brain" in the attic.

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

5. What happens to the dog when it cannot get into the kitchen?
(a) It dies.
(b) It runs through the house breaking things.
(c) It leaves the house.
(d) It scratches through the door.

Short Answer Questions

1. From two thirty-five to four o'clock, what can readers infer that the family would ordinarily be doing?

2. What is the job of the robot mice?

3. What is the reaction of nature to the end of human existence in the poem "There Will Come Soft Rains"?

4. What does Bradbury say that the house is angry about when the dog shows up?

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

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