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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. During the fire, what does Bradbury compare the house's dialogue to?
(a) The epilogue of a play.
(b) The poem "There Will Come Soft Rains."
(c) A nursery rhyme.
(d) A person's last words.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the garage do when no one drives the car away?

2. What has happened to the city around the house?

3. "Mr. Featherstone" is an example of what literary technique?

4. In which city does the story take place?

5. To what does Bradbury compare folding tables?

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