ICSE Class 10 The Pedestrian — Ray Bradbury — Mock Test (2027)
Free online mock test for The Pedestrian — Ray Bradbury (ICSE Class 10 English Literature) — 20 competency-based questions based on the latest CISCE 2027 syllabus, with instant marking. Try the samples below, then take the full test free.
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Sample questions
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1.Identify the option that best indicates the correct connection between statements (1) and (2) from Ray Bradbury's short story The Pedestrian: Statement (1): Mead often picks up leaves, admiring their patterns. Statement (2): He whistles to break the nightly silence.
- a.(1) is true and (2) is false
- b.(2) is true and (1) is false
- c.(1) and (2) are independent of each other
- d.(1) is the cause for (2)
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2."Suddenly, a fierce white cone of ______ lit him up, like a moth."
- A.broad lamp
- B.giant lamp
- C.light
- D.siren glow
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3.Determine the proper arrangement of these four key actions: 1. Mead hears dogs barking if he wore hard heels. 2. He switches to sneakers to stroll quietly. 3. He sets off down the buckling sidewalk. 4. He compares flickering lights inside houses to fireflies.
- A.3, 4, 1, 2
- B.1, 2, 3, 4
- C.2, 1, 4, 3
- D.3, 1, 4, 2
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4."Eventually, he was taken to the ________ for Regressive Tendencies."
- A.local jail
- B.Psychiatric Center
- C.big courthouse
- D.federal prison
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5.(xiv) Choose the option that lists the sequence of events from Ray Bradbury's short story, The Pedestrian: 1. One night, as he was nearing home, he was stopped by a police car 2. Since his answers were considered odd and unacceptable, he was forced to enter the car and taken away 3. Leonard Mead loved to walk through the empty streets at night 4. A metallic voice from the car asked him a series of questions
- A.2, 1, 3, 4
- B.1, 3, 4, 2
- C.3, 1, 4, 2
- D.4, 1, 2, 3
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