Why does the dog appear thin and sick?

It was neglected by the family.

How does the reader learn where and when "There Will Come Soft Rains" takes place?

An electronic device states the time, date, and location at the beginning of the story.

The date and location are burned into the side of the house.

The reader must figure it out using a variety of clues throughout the story.

There is a newspaper on the kitchen table that shows the date and location of the story.

Which details show what has happened to the owners of the house in "There Will Come Soft Rains"?

The shapes of four people are burned into the side of the house.

The stove prepares a breakfast that goes uneaten.

Mrs. McClellan likes to listen to poetry in the evenings.

The house keeps itself clean and protects itself from harm.

At the beginning of "There Will Come Soft Rains," the stove prepares eight pieces of toast, eight eggs, sixteen slices of bacon, two coffees, and two glasses of milk. What can you conclude is most likely to be true about the McClellan family, based on this information and other details?

There are four family members, and two of them are children.

The family is having guests over for breakfast.

Two of the family members are allergic to milk.

The stove usually burns the toast and undercooks the eggs.

How does the automated house "die" in "There Will Come Soft Rains"?

It catches on fire and is unable to put the fire out.

It is blown up in a nuclear blast.

The electronic mice tear it down.

The owners move away, and the house stops functioning.

If the family had been home at two thirty-five on a normal day, what would they have done?

Played cards and had drinks and a light meal on the patio

Crossed a bridge and eating pips in a rain shower

Folded and unfolded tables from their patio walls

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

The walls are lit up artificially with images of jungle animals, which move and make noise

Glowing with fire, which destroys the painted animals

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.

Which sentence contains personification?

At ten o'clock the house began to die

The room was ablaze in an instant

The wall sprays let down showers of mechanical rain

How did Mrs. McClellan usually relax after the children went to bed?

Watching the jungle animals on the nursery walls

Based on this story, Bradbury would be in favor of

Increasing our stockpile of nuclear weapons.

People doing their own housework.

3. Why does the author refer to the people in their homes as “gray phantoms?”

B. he’s implying that they are lifeless

A. he’s implying that they are full of life

C. he’s implying that they are curious

D. he’s implying that they are scared

Which of the following quotations reveals the theme of "The pedestrian"?

"The tombs, ill-lit by television light, where the people sat like the dead, the gray or multi-colored lights touching their faces, but never really touching them."

"There was a good crystal frost in the air; it cut the nose and made the lungs blaze like a Christmas tree inside....."

"... he could imagine himself upon the center of a plain, a wintry, windless Arizona desert with no house in a thousand miles,..."

"Was that a murmur of laughter from within a moon-white house?"

What is the setting of "The Pedestrian"?

In the middle of a densely populated city

Why were the police suspicious of Mr. Leonard Mead?

He tried to run from the police car

Why is it ironic that Leonard Mead is the only one walking in the city?

It is a city of three million people

Leonard is arrested by the police

Leonard kives in the city alone

What do phrases such as "grassy seams," "buckling concrete walk," and "lumpy walk" imply?

No one uses the sidewalks much and they are therefore untended

The entire city is old and falling apart

There was a recent earthquake that damaged much of the walkways

How does Mr. Mead contrast with his surroundings?

He appears to be creative and personable whereas his surroundings are dull and lifeless

His house is lit up whereas the surrounding houses are described as "tomb-like" buildings

His lungs "blaze like a Christmas tree inside" whereas the night is cool and frosty

If "The Pedestrian" is a satirical piece, what might the author, Ray Bradbury, be commenting on?

Society's complete dependence on technology and the resulting dangers

Society's lack of interest in personal interaction

What did the noises from George's headphones do?

They stop him from thinking intelligently

Why does Hazel not have a mental handicap?

She's not very intelligent (average)

She is going to be Handicapper General

What does the United States Handicapper General do?

Ensures everyone is equal through the use of handicaps.

Ensures only golfers are equal through the use of handicaps.

Ensures only federal workers are equal through the use of handicaps.

What was Miss Strangeworth's prized possession?

Her quarter pound of tea on Tuesdays

What does Miss Strangeworth do to deceive the townspeople?

she gossips about people behind their back

She writes a column in the newspaper that tells everyone's secrets

Why does she feel entitled to "protect" the townspeople?

Her family has been in town a long time and she feels like she owns it

she is worried and concerned about them

she had a dream about saving her town

What is the significance of the color of envelopes and paper she writes on?

Many people have the same type of paper so she can hide her letter writing better

The colors are the same shades as her home

What might be the significance of her roses?

They, like her appear beautiful but are filled with thorns

They are the children she never had

She shares them as gifts with tourists

They are how she makes a living. She owns a flower shop.

At the end, why does the Harris boy deliver the letter for her?

He thinks he is doing her a favor

she paid him to deliver the letter

What lessons does this story teach us about human nature?

One should take pride in the community

friendship is a bond that lasts a lifetime

There Will Come Soft Rains

Authored by Kent Fielding

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10th Grade

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who wrote the poem There Will Come Soft Rains?

Ray Bradbury

Sara Teasdale

Ernest Hemingway

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CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What does Sara Teasdale's poem suggest about humanity and nature?

Nature is indifferent to mankind's continued existence

Technology is important to humans and nature

Humans are important for nature's continued survival

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CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

15 mins • 1 pt

What type of figurative language is the following sentence?
"In the kitchen, the breakfast stove gave a hissing sigh . . ."

metaphor

onomaoteopoeia

simile

hyperbole

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

15 mins • 1 pt

Why is no one home?

The house is too expensive to operate.

Everyone is at work or school.

Everyone has been killed.

The house is for sale.

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CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.11-12.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

15 mins • 1 pt

What is the story's setting?

Sometime in the near future.

August 4, 2026, after a nuclear blast.

May 5, 2012

In the distant future.

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CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

15 mins • 1 pt

Which of the following themes best fits "There Will Come Soft Rains"?

Be careful what you wish for, because you may get it.

Times are tough all over.

Technology is awful an ruins everything.

While technology has many benefits, it also has the power to destroy, so be careful what you create

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CCSS.RL.9-10.2

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

15 mins • 1 pt

The protagonist in "There Will Come Soft Rains" is

the McClellan family

the dog

the voice in the walls

the house

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

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There Will Come Soft Rains

Who wrote the poem There Will Come Soft Rains?

What does Sara Teasdale's poem suggest about humanity and nature?

What type of figurative language is the following sentence?"In the kitchen, the breakfast stove gave a hissing sigh . . ."

Why is no one home?

What is the story's setting?

Which of the following themes best fits "There Will Come Soft Rains"?

The protagonist in "There Will Come Soft Rains" is

Why does the dog appear thin and sick?

Which of the following activities did the family probably enjoy based on textual evidence?

How does the reader learn where and when "There Will Come Soft Rains" takes place?

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