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Ray BradburyA modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more. For select classroom titles, we also provide Teaching Guides with discussion and quiz questions to prompt student engagement.
Reading Check and Short Answer questions on key plot points are designed for guided reading assignments, in-class review, formative assessment, quizzes, and more.
Reading Check
1. Where does the story take place?
2. What animal enters the house?
3. In the house, there are paintings by which artists?
4. The house recites a poem by which poet?
5. What destroys the house?
Short Answer
Answer each question in at least 1 complete sentence. Incorporate details from the text to support your response.
1. What sort of work does the automated house do for the family?
2. How does Bradbury describe the ruined city?
3. What happened to the family that lived in the house?
4. What is the only trace left of the family?
Paired Resource
“There Will Come Soft Rains” by Sara Teasdale
By Ray Bradbury