Dark They Were and Golden-Eyed
The name of the family who moves to Mars in Ray Bradbury's "Dark They Were, and Golden-Eyed."
What is The Bittering family?
Name the protagonist who gets arrested by a robotic police car in Ray Bradbury's "The Pedestrian."
Who is Leonard Mead?
Name the protagonist in Katherine Paterson's short story "The Last Dog".
Who is Brock?
The main character in Ray Bradbury's short story "August 2026: There Will Come Soft Rains."
Who is the family dog?
"The children pressed to each other like so many roses, so many weeds, intermixed, peering out for a look at the hidden sun." -"All Summer in a Day"
What is a simile?
Harry notices this change first.
What are the peach blossoms?
Every night Leonard Mead does this activity.
He takes a walk through his city, exploring the outdoors.
What old technology does Brock use to determine emotion and mood?
A scanner
Who says: "Tick-tock, seven o'clock, time to get up, time to get up, seven o'clock!"
What is Voice-Clock?
"The sun is a flower." -"All Summer in a Day"
What is a metaphor?
Harry drops Sam's mirror when he sees these in his eyes.
What are yellow-gold flecks?
The robotic police car arrests Mr. Mead and takes him to this place.
To the Psychiatric Center for Research on Regressive Tendencies
Brock pretended to have this animal-transmitted disease so that he and the puppy could leave the dome together.
What is Rabies?
This happens to the house after a tree branch crashes through the window.
What is it catches fire?
"The house shuddered." "August 2026: There Will Come Soft Rains."
What is personification?
The Bittering family moves here for the Summer months.
What is the Villa?
The following quote is an example of this literary device:
"The police car sat in the center of the street with its radio throat faintly humming."
What is Personification?
"Could they be wrong? Could the outside world have healed itself?... Could it be that fear had kept the dome dwellers, prisoner, many years longer than a poisoned environment would have?
What is Tough Question?
True or False. Ray Bradbury supports nuclear weapons programs and their ability to make the world a safer place.
What is False?
"And swallows circling with their shimmering sound." -Sara Teasdale
What is alliteration?
Ttil, Linnl, and Werr were formerly known as
What is: Laura, Dan, and David
Leonard Mead admits that he does not have this at his house.
What is television?
Brock names the puppy this.
What is Brog?
This caused the devastation of Allendale, California and the dog's death from radiation poisoning.
What is a nuclear bomb?
"The house stood alone." "August 2026: There Will Come Soft Rains."
What is personification?