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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 does the dog do once it gets inside the house?
(a) It barks at every door.
(b) It looks through the house for the family's other dog.
(c) It begins eating the spoiled food.
(d) It falls asleep in the nursery.

2. In which city does the story take place?
(a) Petaluma.
(b) Allendale.
(c) San Francisco.
(d) Sacramento.

3. When the fire travels outside and up the sides of the house, it is described as what?
(a) Clever.
(b) Treacherous.
(c) Mischievous.
(d) Overwhelming.

4. Who is the author of the poem that the house reads after dinner?
(a) Bradbury.
(b) Longfellow.
(c) Thomas.
(d) Teasdale.

5. What does Bradbury say is like "an altar with ten-thousand attendants"?
(a) The city.
(b) The incinerator.
(c) The house.
(d) The yard.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In the poem "There Will Come Soft Rains," the plum trees are in "tremulous" white. Readers can infer that this refers to what?

3. What is strange about how the nursery reacts to the fire?

4. What does "feathery fire" describe in the poem "There Will Come Soft Rains"?

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

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