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

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

3. What does Bradbury compare to Baal?
(a) The stove.
(b) The house.
(c) The dog.
(d) The incinerator.

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

5. On what date does the story begin?
(a) April 4.
(b) August 6.
(c) August 4.
(d) April 6.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the breakfast stove make for breakfast?

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

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

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

5. From two thirty-five to four o'clock, what can readers infer that the family would ordinarily be doing?

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