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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 name of the family that owned the house?
(a) Arthur.
(b) McClellan.
(c) Fitzpatrick.
(d) Longfellow.

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

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

4. To what does the phrase "the children's hour" allude?
(a) A fairy tale.
(b) A nursery rhyme.
(c) A poem by Longfellow.
(d) A poem by Teasdale.

5. When the narrator tells readers that it seems like the voice-clock is worried that no one will get up, this is an example of what technique?
(a) Metaphor.
(b) Flashback.
(c) Imagery.
(d) Foreshadowing.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Baal?

2. What happens at ten-fifteen?

3. Why do the robot mice come out when they do?

4. In the section about the nursery, Bradbury mentions the "sprockets" in the walls. What are "sprockets"?

5. Who is the author of the poem that the house reads after dinner?

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