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Choose the correct answers to the questions from the given options. (Do not copy the questions, write ONLY the correct answers.)
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.
Topic: Sequence of events
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Answer
Exam answer
(c) 3, 1, 4, 2.
Explanation
Sequence questions are easiest solved by finding the anchor at each end. The story opens with Mead’s habit of walking (3) and closes with his being driven away to the Psychiatric Centre (2). Between them the order is causal: the car stops him (1), then interrogates him (4). Options (a), (b) and (d) all break that chain by starting mid-action.
In words
3, 1, 4, 2.
Example
3, 1, 4, 2.
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