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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 thematically important about the cause of the fire in the kitchen?
(a) The fire is started when the natural world intrudes into the house.
(b) The fire is started by the family dog.
(c) The fire is started when the house's elaborate machinery begins to break down.
(d) The fire is started when one of the cleaning mice knocks over a cleaning product.

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

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

4. What is unusual about the images of the African animals?
(a) Their faces.
(b) Their shapes.
(c) Their colors.
(d) Their sizes.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In which city does the story take place?

2. What does the breakfast stove make for breakfast?

3. Which room recreates the sights, sounds, and smells of the African savanna?

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

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

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