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

2. What historical event is alluded to with the date given in the beginning of the story?
(a) The first testing of a nuclear bomb.
(b) The beginning of World War II.
(c) The bombing of Hiroshima.
(d) The beginning of the Cold War.

3. In the poem "There Will Come Soft Rains," the plum trees are in "tremulous" white. Readers can infer that this refers to what?
(a) Butterflies.
(b) Blossoms.
(c) Snow.
(d) Ash.

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

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 animal images seem to be aware of the fire.
(c) The nursery deliberately opens its windows during the fire.
(d) The nursery is the only room that does not turn on its sprinklers.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the house provide after dinner?

3. The line "And swallows circling with their shimmering sound" is an example of which technique?

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

5. When the fire travels outside and up the sides of the house, it is described as what?

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