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

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

3. To what story do the robot mice allude?
(a) Cinderella.
(b) Beauty and the Beast.
(c) Little Red Riding Hood.
(d) Snow White.

4. What happens at ten o'clock?
(a) The kitchen begins to make a second breakfast.
(b) The robot mice go back to their burrows.
(c) A stray animal wanders through the kitchen.
(d) The sun comes out.

5. What is strange about how the nursery reacts to the fire?
(a) The voice in the nursery walls begins singing an old children's song.
(b) The nursery is the only room that does not turn on its sprinklers.
(c) The nursery deliberately opens its windows during the fire.
(d) The animal images seem to be aware of the fire.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the garage do when no one drives the car away?

3. During the fire, what does Bradbury compare the house's dialogue to?

4. What does the dog do once it gets inside the house?

5. What is the job of the robot mice?

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