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There Will Come Soft Rains Quiz

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the story's setting? 
a)
 Sometime in the near future.
b)
August 4, 2026, after a nuclear blast. 
c)
May 5, 2012 
d)
In the distant future.
2.
Why is no one home?
a)
 The house is too expensive to operate.
b)
Everyone is at work or school.
c)
Everyone has been killed.
d)
 The house is for sale. 
3.
What happened to the family who lived in this house? 
a)
There are no clues about the family's current location.
b)
They moved to another neighborhood.
c)
They decided to spend a weekend away from home.
d)
They died in a nuclear explosion. 
4.
How did the dog die?
a)
Starvation and lack of human care.
b)
Nuclear blast.
c)
It was attacked by robot mice.
d)
The house killed it.
5.
Which of the following functions does the house NOT perform?
a)
Cooking
b)
Cleaning
c)
Announcing time
d)
Flying
6.
In the quote, "The house was an altar with 10,000 attendants, big, small, servicing, attending in choirs. But the gods had gone away and the ritual of the religion continued senselessly, uselessly," who are the gods?
a)
the robot technology in the household
b)
the McClellan family
c)
the singers in the church choir
d)
the ministers who lead the church services 
7.
Which of the following themes best fits "There Will Come Soft Rains"? 
a)
Be careful what you wish for, because you may get it.
b)
Times are tough all over.
c)
Technology is awful an ruins everything.
d)
While technology has many benefits, it also has the power to destroy, so be careful what you create 
8.
Which sentence contains personification? 
a)
The room was ablaze in an instance.
b)
The wall sprays let down showers of mechanical rain.
c)
At ten o'clock the house began to die. 
d)
The quenching rain ceased. 
9.
How does the author arrange the chronological order in this story? 
a)
Use of a clock which announces the time in each new section. 
b)
He numbers each section of the story. 
c)
He discusses how the dog's hunger increases.
d)
He uses a robotic voice that serves as a calendar.
10.

What do the robot mice do?

a)

They announce the time.

b)

They feed the dog.

c)

They clean the house.

d)

They prepare the meals.

11.

What happens after the tree bough crashes through the kitchen window?

a)

The dog whines because it is hungry.

b)

The robotic mice came out to clean the floor.

c)

Breakfast is prepared.

d)

A bottle of cleaning solvent breaks open on the stove and sets the house on fire.

12.

“The house stood alone in a city of rubble and ashes. This was the one house left standing. At night the ruined city gave off a radioactive glow...”

This quote implies...

a)

At night the television would turn on

b)

The neighborhood was destroyed by a nuclear weapon

c)

This house was built on the past

d)

The house was lonely

13.

The five silhouettes consisted of a man, a woman, two children, and a...

a)

Ball

b)

Tree

c)

Mailbox

d)

Dog

14.

“The entire west face of the house was black, save for five places...Still farther over, their images burned on wood in one titanic instant...”

Based on context, the word titanic is best described as...

a)

A ship

b)

Of great size

c)

Shameful

d)

Painted

15.

“...the regiments of mice hummed out as softly as

blown gray leaves...”

This line best exemplifies which of the following...

a)

Metaphor

b)

Alliteration

c)

Simile

d)

Hyperbole