Dark They Were and Golden-Eyed
The Pedestrian
The Last Dog
August 2026: There Will Come Soft Rains
Figurative Language
100

The name of the family who moves to Mars in Ray Bradbury's "Dark They Were, and Golden-Eyed."

What is The Bittering family?

100

Name the protagonist who gets arrested by a robotic police car in Ray Bradbury's "The Pedestrian."

Who is Leonard Mead?

100

Name the protagonist in Katherine Paterson's short story "The Last Dog".

Who is Brock?

100

The main character in Ray Bradbury's short story "August 2026: There Will Come Soft Rains."

Who is the family dog?

100

"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?

200

Harry notices this change first.

What are the peach blossoms?

200

Every night Leonard Mead does this activity. 

He takes a walk through his city, exploring the outdoors. 

200

What old technology does Brock use to determine emotion and mood?

A scanner

200

Who says: "Tick-tock, seven o'clock, time to get up, time to get up, seven o'clock!"

What is Voice-Clock?

200

"The sun is a flower." -"All Summer in a Day"

What is a metaphor?

300

Harry drops Sam's mirror when he sees these in his eyes.

What are yellow-gold flecks?

300

The robotic police car arrests Mr. Mead and takes him to this place. 

To the Psychiatric Center for Research on Regressive Tendencies

300

Brock pretended to have this animal-transmitted disease so that he and the puppy could leave the dome together. 

What is Rabies?

300

This happens to the house after a tree branch crashes through the window.

What is it catches fire?

300

"The house shuddered." "August 2026: There Will Come Soft Rains."

What is personification?

400

The Bittering family moves here for the Summer months. 

What is the Villa? 

400

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? 

400
Identify the literature signpost this quote exemplifies: 

"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?

400

True or False. Ray Bradbury supports nuclear weapons programs and their ability to make the world a safer place. 

What is False?

400

"And swallows circling with their shimmering sound." -Sara Teasdale

What is alliteration?

500

Ttil, Linnl, and Werr were formerly known as

What is: Laura, Dan, and David

500

Leonard Mead admits that he does not have this at his house.

What is television?

500

Brock names the puppy this. 

What is Brog?

500

This caused the devastation of Allendale, California and the dog's death from radiation poisoning. 

What is a nuclear bomb?

500

"The house stood alone." "August 2026: There Will Come Soft Rains."

What is personification?