The Pedestrian - Ray Bradbury Theatre
Authored by Nicole Kollins
English
8th - 10th Grade
CCSS covered
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This quiz focuses on Ray Bradbury's dystopian short story "The Pedestrian," making it appropriate for middle to high school English Language Arts classes, specifically grades 8-10. Students must demonstrate comprehension of key story elements including setting, character motivation, and plot details, while also engaging in higher-order thinking skills such as analyzing theme, tone, and satirical purpose. The questions require students to understand literary devices like dystopian elements, characterization through contrast, and authorial commentary on society. Students need strong reading comprehension skills to identify explicit details about Leonard Mead's unconventional behavior in a technology-dominated society, plus analytical thinking abilities to interpret Bradbury's critique of technological dependence and social conformity. The quiz assesses students' understanding of how setting influences character conflict, how authors use protagonists to highlight societal problems, and how dystopian literature serves as social commentary. Created by Nicole Kollins, an English teacher in the US who teaches grades 8 and 10. This assessment tool serves multiple instructional purposes in the English classroom, functioning effectively as a comprehension check after students complete the short story, a review activity before discussing dystopian literature themes, or a formative assessment to gauge student understanding before moving to comparative analysis with other Bradbury works. Teachers can implement this quiz as a warm-up activity to activate prior knowledge before class discussions, assign it as independent practice to reinforce reading comprehension skills, or use it as homework to ensure students complete and understand the assigned reading. The quiz aligns with Common Core standards CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.8.2 and CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.2 for determining themes and analyzing their development, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.8.3 and CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.3 for analyzing character development and plot progression, and CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.8.4 and CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.4 for determining meaning of words and phrases including figurative and connotative meanings that contribute to tone and meaning.
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What is the setting of "The Pedestrian"?
The not so distant future.
A chilly evening
In the middle of a city
All of the above
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Why were the police suspicious of Mr. Leonard Mead?
Tags
CCSS.RL.7.1
CCSS.RL.7.3
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
How men police men were in the police car?
Tags
CCSS.RL.9-10.2
CCSS.RL.7.1
CCSS.RI. 9-10.1
CCSS.RI.8.1
CCSS.RL.8.1
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
The citizens in "The Pedestrian" are __________________ by the television.
Tags
CCSS.RL.9-10.1
CCSS.RL.9-10.2
CCSS.RL.9-10.4
CCSS.L.9-10.4
CCSS.L.9-10.5
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
If "The Pedestrian" is a satirical piece, what might the author, Ray Bradbury, be commenting on?
Tags
CCSS.RL.9-10.1
CCSS.RL.9-10.2
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The tone of this story can be described as
humorous and sly
romantic and optimistic
cynical and chilling
matter-of-fact
Tags
CCSS.RL.9-10.4
CCSS.RL.11-12.4
CCSS.RL.6.4
CCSS.RL.7.4
CCSS.RL.8.4
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Leonard Mead chooses to walk instead of watching television because he
dislikes television quiz shows
owns only a black-and-white television set
is secretly plotting against society
wants to experience life firsthand
Tags
CCSS.RL.9-10.1
CCSS.RL.9-10.2
CCSS.RL.9-10.3
CCSS.W.9-10.9
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