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Questions regarding "The Pedestrian" by Ray Bradbury #thepedestrian #raybradbury
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SETTING: In what year does the story take place?
2016
1951
2053
Unknown
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FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE: "with only his shadow moving like the shadow of a hawk"
Simile
Personification
Metaphor
Onomatopoeia
3
Where was Mr. Mead taken?
His home
The Psychiatric Center for Research
The police station
The hospital
4
What does he "whisper to every house?"
"Hello, in there."
"Hello, house."
"Stand still! Stay where you are!"
Nothing.
5
What/Who is the "metallic voice"?
A night moth
A voice in his head
A robot
A cop car
6
Something that everyone else in Mead's city enjoy that he does not is
laughter
taking walks
reading books
watching television
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Why was Mr. Mead "arrested" by the police?
He's not watching TV like everyone else.
He's breaking the law.
He seems suspicious.
He's the only one in the whole city walking around.
8
Which of the following statements about Mead is false
His house is the only brightly lit house in the neighborhood
He has walked the streets alone every night for years.
He wears sneakers so that the dogs don't hear him.
He is happily married and has two children,
9
Problems begin for Leonard Mead one evening when he
runs from the police
has an argument with his wife
picks up a stray cat
goes for a walk
10
What do you think is causing the "firefly light," "flickers,"&"phantoms.. on inner room walls"?
The light from TV sets
Actual Fireflies
Ghosts
A fire in the house
11
Why does Mead agree that writing is not a profession?
Writers do not need a professional license
Writers are not needed for television shows.
Mead doesn't consider writing to be important.
Mead no longer earns a living from writing.
12
Why does Mead claim he should not be arrested?
He has not committed a crime.
His wife can give him an alibi
He has important business at home.
The police has confused him with someone else.
13
What was the first question that Mr. Mead was asked?
"Business or profession?"
"Your name?"
"Stand still! Stay where you are! Don't move!"
"Your hands up! Or we'll Shoot!"
14
Which of the following statements best expresses the main idea of "The Pedestrian"?
People should be aware of police brutality
Technology deadens feelings an life in people.
The future will be better for all humans.
Writers will be unemployed in the future.
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Who/What used to bother Mr. Mead before he switched to sneakers?
Sore feet
The graveyard
Shoes with hard heels
Dogs barking
16
PRACTICE: Who is the author of "The Pedestrian"?
Isaac Asimov
Dr. Seuss
Ray Bradbury
Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
17
Why is there no one in the police car?
The lights are too bright to see anyone inside
The car completely computerized
Mead only imagines the car
The police are hidden nearby.
18
Why is there only one police car left in the city?
The police car is armed so it can handle many crimes.
No one wants to be a police officer anymore in Mead's city.
Criminals have taken over the city and abolished the police.
There is almost no crime anymore in the city.
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Why isn't writing considered a profession in his society?
He doesn't get paid for it.
Nobody reads anymore because everyone watches TV.
It's not a job in the future because it's not a job now.
It is a job, and the police car is just joking with him.
20
FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE: It smelled of riveted steel. It smelled of harsh antiseptic.
Metaphor
Personification
Simile
Imagery
21
The police car takes Mead to a place where he will be
kept in jail without a trial.
given a choice of prison or exile.
given psychiatric treatment.
tortured without mercy
22
Which of these sentences is evidence to support why writing isn't a profession anymore?
"Magazines and books didn't sell anymore."
"Everything went on in the tomblike houses at night now"
"He hadn't written in years."
"'No profession,' said the police car."
23
What is the most likely reason for why crime had been ebbing in the city?
There are a lot of police to keep order in the city
Nobody was out to do crimes because they're all watching TV
All the bad guys are in jail.
There's no explanation for it in the story.
24
THEME: What lesson is Ray Bradbury trying to teach the reader?
Too much technology makes the world a lonely place.
People will stop becoming social if they watch TV too much.
Nobody will appreciate nature anymore because of TV.
We shouldn't spend so much time in front of technology.
25
FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE: He came to a cloverleaf intersection which stood silent
Metaphor
Personification
Simile
Alliteration
26
Through all of his years of walking, what had he never encountered?
A car
A person
A penny on the ground
A dog
27
The police probably consider all of the following behaviors to be regressive except
being single
owning a viewing screen
seeking fresh air outside
walking at night
28
FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE: The tombs where people sat like the dead
Imagery
Simile
Personification
Metaphor
29
What's the best definition for "ebbing" on line 99?
staying the same
going up
flowing
going down
