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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. In which city does the story take place?
(a) San Francisco.
(b) Sacramento.
(c) Petaluma.
(d) Allendale.

2. To what does Bradbury compare folding tables?
(a) Butterflies.
(b) Books.
(c) Oysters,
(d) Folded hands.

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

4. "The house tried to save itself" is an example of which technique?
(a) Personification.
(b) Paradox.
(c) Onomatopoeia.
(d) Alliteration.

5. What allusion is present in the weather box's announcement of the rain?
(a) There is a reference to a famous Dutch painting.
(b) There is a reference to a very old folk tune, often sung by children.
(c) There is a reference to a popular book of Bradbury's time.
(d) There is a reference to a Greek myth about rain and death.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is unusual about the images of the African animals?

2. What is the name of the poem that the house reads after dinner?

3. What historical event is alluded to with the date given in the beginning of the story?

4. In the poem "There Will Come Soft Rains," the plum trees are in "tremulous" white. Readers can infer that this refers to what?

5. The line "And swallows circling with their shimmering sound" is an example of which technique?

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