2. What happens at ten o'clock?
(a) A stray animal wanders through the kitchen.
(b) The robot mice go back to their burrows.
(c) The sun comes out.
(d) The kitchen begins to make a second breakfast.

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

4. The line "And Spring herself, when she woke at dawn," contains an example of which technique?
(a) Paradox.
(b) Oxymoron.
(c) Personification.
(d) Metaphor.

5. When the story ends, what is left standing?
(a) Nothing.
(b) A distant building.
(c) A tree.
(d) One wall of the house.

6. What "delicacies" does the fire consume upstairs?
(a) The children's toys.
(b) Vinyl record albums by famous singers.
(c) Paintings by well-known artists.
(d) The clothing of every member of the family.

7. What is thematically important about the cause of the fire in the kitchen?
(a) The fire is started when the natural world intrudes into the house.
(b) The fire is started when one of the cleaning mice knocks over a cleaning product.
(c) The fire is started when the house's elaborate machinery begins to break down.
(d) The fire is started by the family dog.

8. What does the breakfast stove make for breakfast?
(a) Pancakes.
(b) Eggs, toast, and bacon.
(c) Pancakes and bacon.
(d) Eggs and hash browns.

9. What causes the house to temporarily "give up" as the fire spreads?
(a) There is no more water.
(b) It has begun to rain outside.
(c) The house is waiting for the flames to reach the attic.
(d) The house is ready to "die."

10. To what famous dog is this dog an allusion?
(a) President Lincoln's dog.
(b) Odysseus's dog.
(c) Cerberus.
(d) Buck, from Call of the Wild.

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

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

13. The robot mice are said to live in "warrens." This means that they live in what?
(a) Small boxes.
(b) Racks.
(c) Plastic sleeves.
(d) Networks of tunnels.

14. What happens to the dog when it cannot get into the kitchen?
(a) It runs through the house breaking things.
(b) It dies.
(c) It leaves the house.
(d) It scratches through the door.

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