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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 job of the robot mice?
(a) Alerting the house to intruders.
(b) Entertaining the children.
(c) Entertaining the dog.
(d) Cleaning.

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

3. On what date does the story begin?
(a) August 6.
(b) April 4.
(c) August 4.
(d) April 6.

4. Why does the house let the dog in?
(a) It is programmed to let in any dog or cat.
(b) It wants the dog to find the family.
(c) It is an accident.
(d) It recognizes the dog.

5. What is the likely purpose of inserting the house's "dialogue" ("Help, help! Fire! Run, run!") into the scene that describes the fire consuming the house?
(a) It reminds the reader of the death of the family.
(b) It clarifies the order in which the house is burning, because the house can still "speak."
(c) It reminds the reader that the house is a living thing.
(d) It reinforces how helpless and pointless the technology is in the face of nature's power.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Bradbury mentions that martinis "manifested" on tables. What did the martinis do?

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

5. Which is the best summary of how the poem "There Will Come Soft Rains" compares to the short story of the same name?

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