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

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

4. What is the reaction of nature to the end of human existence in the poem "There Will Come Soft Rains"?
(a) Nature is unaware and indifferent.
(b) Nature celebrates the end of humankind.
(c) Nature grieves the loss of humankind.
(d) Nature is puzzled and uncertain.

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

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

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

8. What does Bradbury metaphorically compare the house to?
(a) An elderly unmarried woman.
(b) A zoo.
(c) A closed umbrella.
(d) A bomb shelter.

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

10. From two thirty-five to four o'clock, what can readers infer that the family would ordinarily be doing?
(a) Cleaning.
(b) Having friends over to eat and listen to the radio.
(c) Playing cards and having a snack.
(d) They would still be at work and school.

11. What does the house do with the uneaten breakfast?
(a) Leaves it sitting on the table with the rest of the uneaten meals.
(b) Scrapes it into the dog's dish.
(c) Throws it away.
(d) Puts it in the refrigerator.

12. When the windows break and the wind makes the fire grow and spread, which thematic motif is reinforced?
(a) Technology can be dangerous.
(b) The house is evil.
(c) The house is a part of nature.
(d) Nature and the house are in opposition.

13. What is the name of the poem that the house reads after dinner?
(a) "August 6."
(b) "Fire and Ice."
(c) "There Will Come Soft Rains."
(d) "The Children's Hour."

14. Who is Baal?
(a) A pre-Christian god.
(b) A Mesopotamian warrior.
(c) The dog that guards hell in Greek mythology.
(d) An Egyptian pharaoh.

15. What causes the fire to eventually win the battle with the house?
(a) The house stops defending itself.
(b) The rain stops.
(c) The fire reaches the house's "brain" in the attic.
(d) The wind creates flames so intense the house cannot fight them.