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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. The robot mice are said to live in "warrens." This means that they live in what?
(a) Racks.
(b) Plastic sleeves.
(c) Networks of tunnels.
(d) Small boxes.

2. What is the name of the poem that the house reads after dinner?
(a) "The Children's Hour."
(b) "August 6."
(c) "Fire and Ice."
(d) "There Will Come Soft Rains."

3. What has happened to the city around the house?
(a) It has been leveled by a bomb.
(b) It has been flooded by massive rains.
(c) It has been leveled by an earthquake.
(d) It has been flooded by a burst dam.

4. In the section about the nursery, Bradbury mentions the "sprockets" in the walls. What are "sprockets"?
(a) Cogwheels.
(b) Robots.
(c) Insects.
(d) Cameras.

5. In the image of animals, the panther is said to be "cavorting." What is this panther doing?
(a) Hunting.
(b) Eating.
(c) Sleeping.
(d) Playing.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. What is the first thing that the voice-clock announces?

5. "Seven-nine, breakfast time" is an example of which rhyming technique?

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