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

2. Why does the dog want to get into the kitchen so badly?
(a) The rest of the house is filling with smoke.
(b) Its food dish is in the kitchen.
(c) The house has begun making pancakes.
(d) It thinks the family is in the kitchen.

3. What can be seen on the house's west wall?
(a) The silhouettes of the family.
(b) Broken glass.
(c) A huge crater.
(d) Water beginning to seep in at the foundation.

4. What is the house compared to as it burns to the ground?
(a) A bomb.
(b) A skeleton.
(c) A bonfire.
(d) A cigar.

5. Which is the best summary of how the poem "There Will Come Soft Rains" compares to the short story of the same name?
(a) The poem is more hopeful about humankind's future.
(b) The poem is a darker version of the same ideas contained in the short story.
(c) The poem focuses more on the role of technology in humankind's demise.
(d) The poem focuses more on the survival of a world without humans.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the house do with the uneaten breakfast?

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

3. What happens at ten o'clock?

4. What does Bradbury compare the chemical fire-fighting foam to?

5. The use of sentence fragments in the description of the spreading fire is probably intended to create what effect?

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