2. What does "feathery fire" describe in the poem "There Will Come Soft Rains"?
(a) The color of a male robin's breast.
(b) The movement of feathers in the sunshine.
(c) The movement of flames destroying the earth.
(d) The color of the rays of the sun coming over the horizon.

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

4. To what does the phrase "the children's hour" allude?
(a) A nursery rhyme.
(b) A poem by Longfellow.
(c) A fairy tale.
(d) A poem by Teasdale.

5. Where are the "aluminium roaches and iron crickets"?
(a) In the walls.
(b) In the garage.
(c) In the yard.
(d) In the nursery.

6. Which is the best summary of how the poem "There Will Come Soft Rains" compares to the short story of the same name?
(a) The poem focuses more on the survival of a world without humans.
(b) The poem focuses more on the role of technology in humankind's demise.
(c) The poem is a darker version of the same ideas contained in the short story.
(d) The poem is more hopeful about humankind's future.

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

8. What is the image of the west wall meant to allude to?
(a) An asteroid strike.
(b) A recent riot in Los Angeles.
(c) Similar silhouettes at Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
(d) The Biblical flood.

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

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

11. When the fire travels outside and up the sides of the house, it is described as what?
(a) Treacherous.
(b) Clever.
(c) Overwhelming.
(d) Mischievous.

12. The use of sentence fragments in the description of the spreading fire is probably intended to create what effect?
(a) Distance and irony.
(b) Apathy and resignation.
(c) Confusion and doubt.
(d) Chaos and speed.

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

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

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