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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 Bradbury compare the chemical fire-fighting foam to?
(a) Clouds.
(b) Snakes.
(c) Elephants.
(d) Seafoam.

2. When the story ends, what is left standing?
(a) Nothing.
(b) A distant building.
(c) A tree.
(d) One wall of the house.

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

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

5. Why do the robot mice come out when they do?
(a) They mistake the noise of the rain for an intruder.
(b) They are looking for the family.
(c) There is food spilled near the table.
(d) They are programmed to come out at nine-fifteen.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What can be seen on the house's west wall?

3. Who is the author of the poem that the house reads after dinner?

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?

5. What happens at ten o'clock?

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