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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 dog do once it gets inside the house?
(a) It barks at every door.
(b) It falls asleep in the nursery.
(c) It begins eating the spoiled food.
(d) It looks through the house for the family's other dog.

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

3. What does the house do with the uneaten breakfast?
(a) Leaves it sitting on the table with the rest of the uneaten meals.
(b) Scrapes it into the dog's dish.
(c) Throws it away.
(d) Puts it in the refrigerator.

4. 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?
(a) Flashback.
(b) Foreshadowing.
(c) Imagery.
(d) Metaphor.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What historical event is alluded to with the date given in the beginning of the story?

2. At one point, Bradbury says that the house has a "preoccupation" with self-protection. What must be true about the house?

3. In the poem "There Will Come Soft Rains," the plum trees are in "tremulous" white. Readers can infer that this refers to what?

4. In the section about the nursery, Bradbury mentions the "sprockets" in the walls. What are "sprockets"?

5. When the windows break and the wind makes the fire grow and spread, which thematic motif is reinforced?

(see the answer key)

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