There Will Come Soft Rains

What is the story's setting? 

•  January 17, 1948, following a nuclear blast.
• August 4, 2026, after a nuclear blast. 
• May 5, 2012 
• In the distant future.

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What happened to the family who lived in this house? 

• There are no clues about the family's current location.
• They moved to another neighborhood.
• They decided to spend a weekend away from home.
• They died in a nuclear explosion. 

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Why does the first sentence turn out to be ironic? 
In the living room the voice-clock sang, "Tick-tock, seven o'clock, time to get up, time to get up, seven o'clock!" as if it were afraid that nobody would."

• It really isn't 7:00. 
• There is no one in the house to get up or hear the clock. 
• The clock says tick tock instead of actually ticking.
•  The story is set in the future, but clocks are still used.

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 Which of the following describes the tone of the house's announcements?

• pleasant
• lonley
• sarcastic/nasty
• threatening

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How does the voice clock respond to the fact that no one reacts to it? 

• It asks why no-one is responding.
•  It becomes louder. 
• It turns itself off. 
• It continues doing it's job. 

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Which of the following accurately describes the nursery at 4:30?

• Glowing with fire, which destroys the painted animals
• The walls are lit up artificially with images of jungle animals, which move and make noise
• It is outdoors and set up like a small zoo full of jungle animals
• It is painted like a desert, and the animals in it make noises of distress.

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Which of the following functions does the house NOT perform?

• Cooking
• Cleaning
• Announcing time
• Flying

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Which sentence contains personification? 

• The room was ablaze in an instance.
• The wall sprays let down showers of mechanical rain.
• At ten o'clock the house began to die. 
• The quenching rain ceased. 

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What mood is created by a setting in which all domestic functions are performed by machines and none by humans?

• cheerful and exhilarating
• repulsive and horrifying
• homey and reassuring
• impersonal and chilling

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What is on the west side of the house?

• A garden.
• The kitchen.
• The silhouettes of the deceased family members.
• A dying dog.

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