Read this passage from "The Pedestrian" by Ray Bradbury:

Was that a murmur of laughter from within a moonwhite house? He hesitated, but went on when nothing more happened. He stumbled over a particularly uneven section of sidewalk. The cement was vanishing under flowers and grass. In ten years of walking by night or day, for thousands of miles, he had never met another person walking, not once in all that time.

Which sentence best describes the overall impact of the setting?

A. The cement being overtaken by flowers and grass implies that the sidewalks are no longer maintained.

B. The words "laughter" and "stumbled" convey a disturbing and eerie tone.

C. The man's hesitation after hearing laughter suggests that he is overly cautious.

D. The fact that the man's house is the only one lit in the city suggests that something is wrong with society.

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Sidney Marquez

English

7 January, 07:58

Read this passage from "The Pedestrian" by Ray Bradbury:

Was that a murmur of laughter from within a moonwhite house? He hesitated, but went on when nothing more happened. He stumbled over a particularly uneven section of sidewalk. The cement was vanishing under flowers and grass. In ten years of walking by night or day, for thousands of miles, he had never met another person walking, not once in all that time.

Which sentence best describes the overall impact of the setting?

A. The cement being overtaken by flowers and grass implies that the sidewalks are no longer maintained.

B. The words "laughter" and "stumbled" convey a disturbing and eerie tone.

C. The man's hesitation after hearing laughter suggests that he is overly cautious.

D. The fact that the man's house is the only one lit in the city suggests that something is wrong with society.

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Aria Gomez · Answer 1

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A. The cement being overtaken by flowers and grass implies that the sidewalks are no longer maintained.

B. The words "laughter" and "stumbled" convey a disturbing and eerie tone.