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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 first thing that the voice-clock announces?
(a) Time for breakfast.
(b) Time for work.
(c) It is raining.
(d) Time to get up.

2. What is the image of the west wall meant to allude to?
(a) Similar silhouettes at Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
(b) The Biblical flood.
(c) An asteroid strike.
(d) A recent riot in Los Angeles.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is unusual about the images of the African animals?

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

3. What is strange about how the nursery reacts to the fire?

4. Why does the dog want to get into the kitchen so badly?

5. In the image of animals, the panther is said to be "cavorting." What is this panther doing?

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