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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 does the house provide after dinner?
(a) Music and hot chocolate.
(b) A fire and a cigar.
(c) A warm bath.
(d) Games and snacks.

2. What is the first thing that the voice-clock announces?
(a) It is raining.
(b) Time to get up.
(c) Time for work.
(d) Time for breakfast.

3. What does Bradbury say is like "an altar with ten-thousand attendants"?
(a) The yard.
(b) The city.
(c) The incinerator.
(d) The house.

4. Why do the robot mice come out when they do?
(a) They are looking for the family.
(b) They are programmed to come out at nine-fifteen.
(c) They mistake the noise of the rain for an intruder.
(d) There is food spilled near the table.

5. Who does the story imply is still alive in the city?
(a) The wealthy.
(b) Some animals.
(c) A few scientists.
(d) No one.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Bradbury compare the chemical fire-fighting foam to?

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

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

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

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