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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What is the house compared to as it burns to the ground?
(a) A bonfire.
(b) A skeleton.
(c) A bomb.
(d) A cigar.
2. What has happened to the city around the house?
(a) It has been flooded by a burst dam.
(b) It has been leveled by an earthquake.
(c) It has been flooded by massive rains.
(d) It has been leveled by a bomb.
3. What happens at ten-fifteen?
(a) The sprinklers begin watering the lawn.
(b) The nursery walls come to life.
(c) The house shuts itself down.
(d) A window breaks.
4. What is unusual about the images of the African animals?
(a) Their colors.
(b) Their faces.
(c) Their shapes.
(d) Their sizes.
5. What does Bradbury say that the house is angry about when the dog shows up?
(a) That the family is not with it.
(b) Needing to clean up the mud from its feet.
(c) That the dog is probably contagious.
(d) The disturbance to its routine.
Short Answer Questions
1. To what famous dog is this dog an allusion?
2. What does "feathery fire" describe in the poem "There Will Come Soft Rains"?
3. To what does Bradbury compare folding tables?
4. Just before the house collapses, what does it do?
5. "Seven-nine, breakfast time" is an example of which rhyming technique?
Short Essay Questions
1. The garbage disposal in the kitchen is referred to as a "metal throat." What techniques are at use here, and what is their purpose?
2. Explain how the pun in the line "The morning house lay empty" explains why the house is empty and foreshadows the story's later revelation of the family's fate.
3. How do the cleaning mice allude to Cinderella, and what is the purpose of this allusion?
4. How does Bradbury use the dates on which the story takes place as a form of foreshadowing?
5. Explain what is ironic about the rain in the nursery scenery.
6. Explain the significance of the nursery decor.
7. What is the meaning of the silhouettes on the side of the house?
8. Explain the purpose of the story's allusion to Longfellow's poem "The Children's Hour."
9. Describe the image that ends the story and explain its significance.
10. Explain the inclusion of the Sara Teasdale poem in this story.
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