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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 likely purpose of inserting the house's "dialogue" ("Help, help! Fire! Run, run!") into the scene that describes the fire consuming the house?
(a) It reminds the reader that the house is a living thing.
(b) It reminds the reader of the death of the family.
(c) It clarifies the order in which the house is burning, because the house can still "speak."
(d) It reinforces how helpless and pointless the technology is in the face of nature's power.

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

3. What does the dog do once it gets inside the house?
(a) It barks at every door.
(b) It begins eating the spoiled food.
(c) It falls asleep in the nursery.
(d) It looks through the house for the family's other dog.

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

5. To what story do the robot mice allude?
(a) Snow White.
(b) Little Red Riding Hood.
(c) Cinderella.
(d) Beauty and the Beast.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the image of the west wall meant to allude to?

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

3. In the image of animals, the panther is said to be "cavorting." What is this panther doing?

4. The use of sentence fragments in the description of the spreading fire is probably intended to create what effect?

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

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