Ray Bradbury: There Will Come Soft Rains

Ray Bradbury: There Will Come Soft Rains

8th - 11th Grade

20 Qs

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Ray Bradbury: There Will Come Soft Rains

Ray Bradbury: There Will Come Soft Rains

Assessment

Quiz

English

8th - 11th Grade

Hard

Created by

Margaret Anderson

FREE Resource

20 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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 Which of the following describes the tone of the house's announcements?
pleasant
lonley
sarcastic/nasty
threatening

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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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. 

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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Which of the following words BEST describes the life the family probably lived?
timid or scared
warlike
casual
orderly

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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 What happened next after the tree bough crashes through the kitchen window? 
The dog whines because it is hungry. 
The robot mice came to clean the floor.
A bottle of solvent breaks open; the house catches on fire.
Breakfast is prepared.

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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How does the author arrange the chronological order in this story? 
Use of a clock which announces the time in each new section. 
He numbers each section of the story. 
He discusses how the dog's hunger increases.
He uses a robotic voice that serves as a calendar.

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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Based on this story, Bradbury would be in favor of 
Increasing our stockpile of nuclear weapons. 
Nuclear disarmament. 
Automating all houses.
People doing their own housework.

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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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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