Thursday, 12/22/05
Martian Chronicles: "...Soft Rains..."
Use a separate sheet and record quiz scores (/8, /9) and extra credit for the week (keep it all).
Attach your answers to the video questions as well. Also record how many nights (and in what manner) you responded this week.

1. Who is/are the main character(s) of the story? a) a family on Mars.  b) a family on Earth.  c) a house.  d) a family named McClellan.
2. What happened to the family in the yard?
3. The main idea of the poem on p170 is... a) how much more beautiful nature is than man.  b) a description of nature comparing animals to man.  c) the Earth wouldn't know or care if there were no humans.  d) how much better the environment on Earth is than that on Mars.
4. Why is the story called "There Will Come Soft Rains"?  a) The sprinklers that run automatically represent nature's rain.  b) The rain will wash away man's accomplishments.  c) It represents the "rain of fire" of the war. d) The title connects the meaning of the story to the meaning of the poem.
5. What happens to the house?
6. The house in the story represents (among other things)... a) nature going on without man.  b) technology run wild.  c) man's stupidity.  d) all of the above.

MC VIDEO