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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. Who is the author of the poem that the house reads after dinner?
(a) Bradbury.
(b) Thomas.
(c) Teasdale.
(d) Longfellow.
2. In the poem "There Will Come Soft Rains," the plum trees are in "tremulous" white. Readers can infer that this refers to what?
(a) Blossoms.
(b) Butterflies.
(c) Snow.
(d) Ash.
3. What does the house provide after dinner?
(a) Games and snacks.
(b) A fire and a cigar.
(c) A warm bath.
(d) Music and hot chocolate.
4. Who is Baal?
(a) A pre-Christian god.
(b) The dog that guards hell in Greek mythology.
(c) A Mesopotamian warrior.
(d) An Egyptian pharaoh.
5. What is the image of the west wall meant to allude to?
(a) An asteroid strike.
(b) Similar silhouettes at Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
(c) A recent riot in Los Angeles.
(d) The Biblical flood.
Short Answer Questions
1. "Mr. Featherstone" is an example of what literary technique?
2. What allusion is present in the weather box's announcement of the rain?
3. Who does the story imply is still alive in the city?
4. What is the job of the robot mice?
5. Which is the best descriptor of the mood of the scene in the study, where the poem is read and music plays as a cigar slowly burns down to ash?
Short Essay Questions
1. What are the poses of the people in their silhouettes on the side of the house, and why are they important to notice?
2. What is the purpose of ending the story with the house fire? Why not just end it with the reading of the Teasdale poem?
3. The garbage disposal in the kitchen is referred to as a "metal throat." What techniques are at use here, and what is their purpose?
4. 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.
5. Explain what is ironic about the rain in the nursery scenery.
6. Explain what evidence there is that the house deliberately causes the dog's death.
7. How does Bradbury use the dates on which the story takes place as a form of foreshadowing?
8. Explain the inclusion of the Sara Teasdale poem in this story.
9. What is ironic about Bradbury's use of rain in this story?
10. What is the meaning of the silhouettes on the side of the house?
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