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The Pedestrian by Ray Bradbury

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who is the main character in the story?

4 lines
2.

What was the weather like outside?

4 lines
3.

Who is the author of the book?

a)

Edgar Allan Poe

b)

Ray Bradbury

c)

Walt Whitman

d)

Henry James

4.

What is the setting time of the science fictions genre?

a)

present

b)

past

c)

future

5.

which are not usually characters in a science fiction story?

a)

Vikings

b)

Robots

c)

Scientifics

d)

Extraterrestrials

e)

Cartoons

6.

What type of science fiction text is The Pedestrian?

a)

Utopic

b)

Political

c)

Dystopic

d)

Apocaliptic

7.

Why do police take Leonard Mead to the Psychiatric Centre for Reasearch on Regressive Tendencies?

a)

because police was looking for a suspect of a robbery

b)

because he was watching TV

c)

because he didn´t have a family

d)

because he was wandering along the city at night

8.

What were the people doing at home during the night?

4 lines
9.

Tick more than one option

The story deals with the following THEMES:

a)

The Power and control of Mass Media over society

b)

An ideal society in the future

c)

The dangers of the police force ruled by the state

d)

deshumanization of society

e)

Life in other planets

10.

Choose the words that best describe the city at night

a)

deserted and desolated

b)

busy and eclectic

c)

noisy and energetic

d)

lighted and dangerous

11.

Choose the ending for the following phrase which sums up the message of the story:

As people become more and more dependant on technology,....

a)

society gets better and better

b)

they communicate more fluently

c)

society becomes less and less human

d)

robots achiev more and more power

12.

What had happened to magazines and books?

a)

They had been burnt

b)

They were banned

c)

They were available online

d)

They were not sold any more

13.

How did Leonard feel in that society?

a)

Powerful

b)

Lonely

c)

Different

d)

Bored

e)

Hopeful

14.

Name 3 problems that Human beings may face in a future

4 lines
15.

When Leonard was being taken to the Psychiatric´s, he saw his house on the way. What was the first thing he noticed about it ?

a)

It was dark and gloomy

b)

there were people inside

c)

Lights were brightly lit

d)

the Tv was on