August 4, 2026 Allendale, California, after a nuclear holocaust
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"It quivered at each sound, the house did." AND "Now the fire lay in beds, stood in windows...." are both examples of _________________
personification
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Which vocabulary words means to tremble
Tremulous
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At what point in the story does the house seem to "come alive"?
When it is on fire and tries to save it's own life
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What are "pips" in the sentence, "Playing cards fluttered onto pads in a shower of pips."
figures on the cards (a jack, a queen, a king, etc)
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Which of the following words best describes the one of the house's announcements?
Pleasant, Sarcastic, Lonely, Threatening
Pleasant
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Which vocabulary word means unaware?
oblivious
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Which word best describes the type of life the family probably led?
TIMID, ORDERLY, WARLIKE, CASUAL
ORDERLY
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What part of the house was compared to the evil god of Baal?
the incinerator in the cellar
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How does the author arrange the chronological order of events in this story?
He uses a clock and keeps telling the reader what time it is
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Which of these does the house NOT do?
water the lawn, realize what has happened, prepare food, read poems aloud
realize what has happened
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Which vocabulary word means to leap about?
cavorting
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Describe what the family was doing when disaster struck?
Mother: picking llowers
Father: mowing the lawn
Kids: playing ball
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The Teasdale poem was a favorite of Mrs. McClellan's. What can we infer about Mrs. McClennan?
She thought about the potential destruction of humankind
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What happens after the tree bough crashes through the kitchen window?
A bottle of cleaning solvent spills over the stove and sets the house on fire
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What tone do the following words suggest? "The offending dust, hair,or paper, seized in miniature jaws, was raced back to the burrows." AND what key words lead to your answer?
Anger: key words are "offending", "seized", "jaws", "raced"
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Which vocabulary means to have unreasonable distrust?
paranoia
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What would each member of the family have eaten for breakfast on August 4, 2026?
Each person would have eaten: 2 eggs, 2 pieces of toast, 4 slices of bacon
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Based on this story, which of these ideas would Bradbury agree with: (A)increase our stockpile of nuclear weapons (B)automating houses (C)people doing their own housework (D)nuclear disarmament
D- Nuclear disarmament
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What is the climatic event (climax) in this story?
When the tree branch fell into the window and broke the routine functions of the house
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The incident with the dog takes the reader through a drastic shift in mood. What is that shift?
From ______________ to _____________
From Hopeful to Hopeless
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Which vocabulary word means grand, or magnificent?
sublime
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What sentence in the story first gave the hint that a nuclear explosion had occured?
"At night the ruined city gave off a radioactive glow which could be seen for miles."