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Questions and Answers
What did the breakfast stove in the kitchen eject?
What did the breakfast stove in the kitchen eject?
- Eight pieces of perfectly browned toast, eight eggs sunny side up, sixteen slices of bacon, two coffees, and two cool glasses of milk. (correct)
- Eight pieces of slightly toasted bread, eight boiled eggs, sixteen slices of turkey bacon, two lattes, and two cold glasses of water.
- Eight pieces of burnt toast, eight eggs scrambled, sixteen slices of ham, two teas, and two warm glasses of milk.
- Eight pieces of raw bread, eight boiled eggs, sixteen slices of turkey bacon, two cappuccinos, and two warm glasses of water.
What happened to the rest of the city?
What happened to the rest of the city?
- It was taken over by nature
- It was abandoned by its inhabitants
- It was completely destroyed by rain
- It was completely destroyed and covered in radioactive dust (correct)
What was the condition of the dog that entered the house at noon?
What was the condition of the dog that entered the house at noon?
- It was a robotic dog
- It was healthy and well-fed
- It was covered in sores and very thin (correct)
- It was small and scrawny
What causes the fire in the house to spread so quickly?
What causes the fire in the house to spread so quickly?
What was the house's reaction to any sound or movement near it?
What was the house's reaction to any sound or movement near it?
What was the house's response to the fire?
What was the house's response to the fire?
What did the fire do to the paintings in the upper halls of the house?
What did the fire do to the paintings in the upper halls of the house?
What happened to the reserve water supply in the house?
What happened to the reserve water supply in the house?
What was the purpose of the second voice in the kitchen ceiling?
What was the purpose of the second voice in the kitchen ceiling?
What was the reason for the absence of occupants in the morning house?
What was the reason for the absence of occupants in the morning house?
What caused the dog to die in the story?
What caused the dog to die in the story?
What happened to the bridge tables on the patio?
What happened to the bridge tables on the patio?
What did the nursery walls look out upon?
What did the nursery walls look out upon?
What was the voice in the study asking Mrs. McClellan?
What was the voice in the study asking Mrs. McClellan?
Who or what was making breakfast in the kitchen before the fire?
Who or what was making breakfast in the kitchen before the fire?
What was the tragic nursery rhyme-like chant heard during the fire?
What was the tragic nursery rhyme-like chant heard during the fire?
What happened to the house in the end?
What happened to the house in the end?
What did the last voice heard within the wall say over and over again?
What did the last voice heard within the wall say over and over again?
What happened to the dog that entered the house at noon?
What happened to the dog that entered the house at noon?
What happened to the bridge tables on the patio?
What happened to the bridge tables on the patio?
What took shape on the nursery walls?
What took shape on the nursery walls?
What happened to the house in the end?
What happened to the house in the end?
What caused the fire in the house?
What caused the fire in the house?
What did the fire do to the paintings in the upper halls of the house?
What did the fire do to the paintings in the upper halls of the house?
What did the blind robot faces in the attic use to kill the fire?
What did the blind robot faces in the attic use to kill the fire?
What happened to the reserve water supply in the house during the fire?
What happened to the reserve water supply in the house during the fire?
Which of the following best describes the state of the house in the story?
Which of the following best describes the state of the house in the story?
What do the robot mice in the story do?
What do the robot mice in the story do?
What do the images on the charcoaled west face of the house depict?
What do the images on the charcoaled west face of the house depict?
What happens to the dog that enters the house at noon?
What happens to the dog that enters the house at noon?
Which of the following best describes the scene in the nursery during the fire?
Which of the following best describes the scene in the nursery during the fire?
What happened to the voices during the fire?
What happened to the voices during the fire?
What was happening in the house as the fire spread?
What was happening in the house as the fire spread?
What happened to the house in the end?
What happened to the house in the end?
Who or what was making breakfast in the kitchen?
Who or what was making breakfast in the kitchen?
What was the significance of August 4, 2026?
What was the significance of August 4, 2026?
What was the weather like outside the morning house?
What was the weather like outside the morning house?
What caused the fire in the house?
What caused the fire in the house?
What did the fire do to the paintings in the upper halls of the house?
What did the fire do to the paintings in the upper halls of the house?
What did the blind robot faces from the attic trapdoors do to fight the fire?
What did the blind robot faces from the attic trapdoors do to fight the fire?
What happened to the reserve water supply in the house during the fire?
What happened to the reserve water supply in the house during the fire?
What was the weather like outside the morning house?
What was the weather like outside the morning house?
What was the voice from the kitchen ceiling reminding the inhabitants of the morning house about?
What was the voice from the kitchen ceiling reminding the inhabitants of the morning house about?
What did the breakfast stove in the kitchen of the morning house produce for breakfast?
What did the breakfast stove in the kitchen of the morning house produce for breakfast?
Which of the following best describes the condition of the dog when it entered the house at noon?
Which of the following best describes the condition of the dog when it entered the house at noon?
What caused the dog to die in the story?
What caused the dog to die in the story?
What was the significance of the time 'two o'clock' in the story?
What was the significance of the time 'two o'clock' in the story?
What was the voice in the study asking Mrs. McClellan about?
What was the voice in the study asking Mrs. McClellan about?
Which of the following best describes the condition of the house in the story?
Which of the following best describes the condition of the house in the story?
What was the purpose of the tiny robot mice in the house?
What was the purpose of the tiny robot mice in the house?
What was the significance of the five spots of paint on the blackened west side of the house?
What was the significance of the five spots of paint on the blackened west side of the house?
What was the house's reaction to any sound or movement near it?
What was the house's reaction to any sound or movement near it?
Which of the following best describes the reaction of the animals in the nursery during the fire?
Which of the following best describes the reaction of the animals in the nursery during the fire?
What was the stove in the kitchen doing during the fire?
What was the stove in the kitchen doing during the fire?
What was the state of the clock shop during the fire?
What was the state of the clock shop during the fire?
What was the significance of the last voice heard within the wall repeating 'today is August 5, 2026' over and over again?
What was the significance of the last voice heard within the wall repeating 'today is August 5, 2026' over and over again?
Who are the Tribe on the Hill?
Who are the Tribe on the Hill?
What impressed the Tribe on the Hill about the narrator?
What impressed the Tribe on the Hill about the narrator?
What does Chase dream of?
What does Chase dream of?
Which of the following is true about Chase's dream?
Which of the following is true about Chase's dream?
What does the protagonist remember reading about pill bugs?
What does the protagonist remember reading about pill bugs?
What does Chase warn the protagonist about?
What does Chase warn the protagonist about?
Who witnessed the newscaster's jaw collapse on TV?
Who witnessed the newscaster's jaw collapse on TV?
What was the narrator's initial reaction to the newscaster's jaw collapsing?
What was the narrator's initial reaction to the newscaster's jaw collapsing?
Why did the room fill with white noise and the screen go blank after the newscaster's jaw collapsed?
Why did the room fill with white noise and the screen go blank after the newscaster's jaw collapsed?
What was the cause of the riots in Manhattan?
What was the cause of the riots in Manhattan?
What did the protagonist use to cook on the stove?
What did the protagonist use to cook on the stove?
What was the protagonist's profession before the plague hit?
What was the protagonist's profession before the plague hit?
What did the protagonist see when he looked out of the window?
What did the protagonist see when he looked out of the window?
Who is Judy in the story?
Who is Judy in the story?
What is the cause of the softness in the story?
What is the cause of the softness in the story?
What is the protagonist's profession?
What is the protagonist's profession?
Why does the protagonist refuse to take Judy to the Health Department?
Why does the protagonist refuse to take Judy to the Health Department?
Which of the following best describes the protagonist's initial reaction to the rats in the stairwell?
Which of the following best describes the protagonist's initial reaction to the rats in the stairwell?
What does the protagonist do after shooting at the rats in the stairwell?
What does the protagonist do after shooting at the rats in the stairwell?
What does the protagonist find when he enters George's unlocked apartment?
What does the protagonist find when he enters George's unlocked apartment?
What did the protagonist trade with George in exchange for a gun?
What did the protagonist trade with George in exchange for a gun?
What did the protagonist do to the shotgun for protection?
What did the protagonist do to the shotgun for protection?
What was the protagonist's reaction upon realizing the silence outside?
What was the protagonist's reaction upon realizing the silence outside?
What did the protagonist use to pad his knees before leaving the house?
What did the protagonist use to pad his knees before leaving the house?
What was the cause of death for the people in the city during the plague?
What was the cause of death for the people in the city during the plague?
What did the protagonist see in George's apartment building that made him uneasy?
What did the protagonist see in George's apartment building that made him uneasy?
What technique did the protagonist use to climb up the stairs of George's apartment building?
What technique did the protagonist use to climb up the stairs of George's apartment building?
What did the protagonist see on the stairs of the apartment building?
What did the protagonist see on the stairs of the apartment building?
Which body parts are affected first by the softness disease?
Which body parts are affected first by the softness disease?
What is the sound that the narrator hears before a bone dissolves into mush?
What is the sound that the narrator hears before a bone dissolves into mush?
How long does it take for the average person to turn into a 'lump of jelly' due to the softness disease?
How long does it take for the average person to turn into a 'lump of jelly' due to the softness disease?
What does the narrator believe is the reason he and Judy are immune to the softness disease?
What does the narrator believe is the reason he and Judy are immune to the softness disease?
Which of the following best describes George's immunity to the softness agent?
Which of the following best describes George's immunity to the softness agent?
What was the reason for the narrator choosing their current building?
What was the reason for the narrator choosing their current building?
What was the narrator's theory about George's absence?
What was the narrator's theory about George's absence?
What did the narrator and Judy do every day at 6 p.m.?
What did the narrator and Judy do every day at 6 p.m.?
Who gave the protagonist the bow and arrows?
Who gave the protagonist the bow and arrows?
What was the sign that the protagonist received before he decided to go east?
What was the sign that the protagonist received before he decided to go east?
What did the protagonist find in the dead house at the edge of a Dead Place?
What did the protagonist find in the dead house at the edge of a Dead Place?
What is the name of the great river that the protagonist came across after eight suns' journey to the east?
What is the name of the great river that the protagonist came across after eight suns' journey to the east?
According to the rules and laws in the story, who is allowed to touch metal found in the Dead Places?
According to the rules and laws in the story, who is allowed to touch metal found in the Dead Places?
What is forbidden in the story when it comes to the Place of the Gods?
What is forbidden in the story when it comes to the Place of the Gods?
What is the narrator's profession in the story?
What is the narrator's profession in the story?
What was the state of the cooking-place in the house of the gods?
What was the state of the cooking-place in the house of the gods?
What did the protagonist feel about the spirits in the house of the gods?
What did the protagonist feel about the spirits in the house of the gods?
What was the state of the magic things in the house of the gods?
What was the state of the magic things in the house of the gods?
Which of the following animals did the protagonist encounter while exploring the ruins?
Which of the following animals did the protagonist encounter while exploring the ruins?
What did the protagonist find in the ruins of a great temple in the mid-city?
What did the protagonist find in the ruins of a great temple in the mid-city?
What did the protagonist hear when he started to climb down into the great caves and tunnels of the ruined temple?
What did the protagonist hear when he started to climb down into the great caves and tunnels of the ruined temple?
What did the protagonist do when he saw the big dog sitting on his haunches with his tongue hanging out of his mouth?
What did the protagonist do when he saw the big dog sitting on his haunches with his tongue hanging out of his mouth?
What did the narrator see when he looked south towards the Place of the Gods?
What did the narrator see when he looked south towards the Place of the Gods?
What did the narrator do when he saw the Place of the Gods?
What did the narrator do when he saw the Place of the Gods?
What did the narrator believe was better than losing one's spirit?
What did the narrator believe was better than losing one's spirit?
What did the narrator say in his death song?
What did the narrator say in his death song?
What did the protagonist use to guide their raft towards the Place of the Gods?
What did the protagonist use to guide their raft towards the Place of the Gods?
What did the protagonist save from their overturned raft?
What did the protagonist save from their overturned raft?
What is the Place of the Gods like according to the protagonist?
What is the Place of the Gods like according to the protagonist?
What did the protagonist see on the island that was still intact and had birds nesting high?
What did the protagonist see on the island that was still intact and had birds nesting high?
What did the protagonist find when they climbed to the top of the stairs?
What did the protagonist find when they climbed to the top of the stairs?
What did the protagonist do before entering the room filled with riches?
What did the protagonist do before entering the room filled with riches?
What did the protagonist find in the picture of the flowers in a jar?
What did the protagonist find in the picture of the flowers in a jar?
Why did the protagonist shut the door in the faces of the dogs that were chasing them?
Why did the protagonist shut the door in the faces of the dogs that were chasing them?
What did the protagonist's father do when he boasted or wept without reason?
What did the protagonist's father do when he boasted or wept without reason?
What did the protagonist learn when he was allowed to go into the dead houses?
What did the protagonist learn when he was allowed to go into the dead houses?
What did the protagonist ask his father for when he became a man?
What did the protagonist ask his father for when he became a man?
What did the protagonist see in his dream when he was questioned by his father about it?
What did the protagonist see in his dream when he was questioned by his father about it?
Flashcards
Breakfast stove output
Breakfast stove output
The breakfast stove in the kitchen produced toast, eggs, bacon, coffee, and milk.
City destruction
City destruction
The rest of the city was destroyed and covered in radioactive dust.
Dog's condition (noon)
Dog's condition (noon)
The dog that entered the house at noon was covered in sores and very thin.
Fire spread cause
Fire spread cause
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House's reaction to sound
House's reaction to sound
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House's fire response
House's fire response
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Paintings' fate
Paintings' fate
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Water supply fate
Water supply fate
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Kitchen ceiling voice's purpose
Kitchen ceiling voice's purpose
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Occupancy absence reason
Occupancy absence reason
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Dog's death cause
Dog's death cause
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Bridge tables
Bridge tables
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Nursery walls view
Nursery walls view
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Study voice query
Study voice query
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Kitchen's breakfast maker
Kitchen's breakfast maker
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Nursery rhyme chant
Nursery rhyme chant
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House's end result
House's end result
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Last wall voice
Last wall voice
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House aftermath
House aftermath
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Fire cause
Fire cause
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Paintings' destruction
Paintings' destruction
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Attic robot faces' action
Attic robot faces' action
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House water supply use
House water supply use
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House condition
House condition
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Robot mice function
Robot mice function
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West face images
West face images
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