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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 has happened to the city around the house?
(a) It has been leveled by an earthquake.
(b) It has been flooded by a burst dam.
(c) It has been flooded by massive rains.
(d) It has been leveled by a bomb.

2. "Seven-nine, breakfast time" is an example of which rhyming technique?
(a) End rhyme.
(b) Identical rhyme.
(c) Slant rhyme.
(d) Eye rhyme.

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

4. What happens at ten-fifteen?
(a) The nursery walls come to life.
(b) The house shuts itself down.
(c) A window breaks.
(d) The sprinklers begin watering the lawn.

5. What does the house do with the uneaten breakfast?
(a) Leaves it sitting on the table with the rest of the uneaten meals.
(b) Scrapes it into the dog's dish.
(c) Throws it away.
(d) Puts it in the refrigerator.

Short Answer Questions

1. What "delicacies" does the fire consume upstairs?

2. What causes the fire to eventually win the battle with the house?

3. Where are the "aluminium roaches and iron crickets"?

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

5. What does Bradbury metaphorically compare the house to?

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