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Questions regarding "The Pedestrian" by Ray Bradbury
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FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE: "with only his shadow moving like the shadow of a hawk"
Simile
Personification
Onomatopoeia
Metaphor
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SETTING: In what year does the story take place?
Unknown
2053
2021
2016
3
Why isn't writing considered a profession in his society?
It is a job, and the police car is just joking with him.
It's not a job in the future because it's not a job now.
He doesn't get paid for it.
Nobody reads anymore because everyone watches TV.
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FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE: The tombs where people sat like the dead
Personification
Imagery
Simile
Metaphor
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What is the most likely reason for why crime had been ebbing in the city?
There's no explanation for it in the story.
There are a lot of police to keep order in the city
All the bad guys are in jail.
Nobody was out to do crimes because they're all watching TV
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FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE: It smelled of riveted steel. It smelled of harsh antiseptic.
Simile
Personification
Metaphor
Imagery
7
What do you think is causing the "firefly light," "flickers,"&"phantoms.. on inner room walls"?
The light from TV sets
Ghosts
A fire in the house
Actual Fireflies
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Which of these sentences is evidence to support why writing isn't a profession anymore?
"He hadn't written in years."
"Magazines and books didn't sell anymore."
"'No profession,' said the police car."
"Everything went on in the tomblike houses at night now"
9
Where was Mr. Mead taken?
The Psychiatric Center for Research
His home
The police station
The hospital
10
Who/What used to bother Mr. Mead before he switched to sneakers?
Sore feet
Dogs barking
Shoes with hard heels
The graveyard
11
What's the best choice for a theme in this story?
Technology destroys human thought.
staying the same
Humans are not very intelligent.
The police should use robot cars.
12
Why was Mr. Mead "arrested" by the police?
He's the only one in the whole city walking around.
He seems suspicious.
He's breaking the law.
He's watching too much TV.
13
What is Mr. Mead's attitude toward television?
He finds it damaging and useless.
He doesn't like commercials.
His favorite show is I Love Lucy.
He thinks it is wonderful.
14
What/Who is the "metallic voice"?
A cop car
A night moth
A robot
A voice in his head
15
What does he "whisper to every house?"
"Stand still! Stay where you are!"
"Hello, in there."
"Hello, house."
Nothing.
16
FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE: He came to a cloverleaf intersection which stood silent
Alliteration
Metaphor
Personification
Simile
17
What was the first question that Mr. Mead was asked?
"Stand still! Stay where you are! Don't move!"
"Business or profession?"
"Your name?"
"Your hands up! Or we'll Shoot!"
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PRACTICE: Who is the author of "The Pedestrian"?
Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
Dr. Seuss
Isaac Asimov
Ray Bradbury
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Why does Mr. Mead change to sneakers instead of heeled shoes?
Because he wants to play tennis later.
So that he could run away form the police.
So the dogs wouldn't hear him and bark.
Because he works for Nike.
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Through all of his years of walking, what had he never encountered?
A car
A penny on the ground
A dog
A person
