The Hitchhiker, by Lucille Fletcher

 Foreshadowing means

• The author gives you a hint of future action in the story.
• The author is speaking in 1st person point of view.
• The author is going back in time.

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Which event foreshadows the appearance of the hitchhiker?

• A man at the gas station fills up Adam's car

• Mother tells Adams to not to pick up strangers

• An operator asks Adams to deposit money

• Adams tells Mother that he will be careful

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What is the most likely reason that Adams gives a description of himself at the beginning of the play?

• to help in his rescue

• because his appearance is important to the plot

• to convince himself that he still knows who he is

• so that people will be able to identify him if his body is found

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The first several times that Adams sees the hitchhiker, what does Adams try to do?

• avoid him

• report him

• run him over

• get his attention

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Adams tells the mechanic that he hasn't seen any hitchhikers because Adams

• wants to protect the hitchhiker.

• knows that the hitchhiker is imaginary.

• doesn't want the mechanic to think that he is crazy.

• is ashamed of not having stopped for the hitchhiker.

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Why does Adams pick up the young woman?

• He thinks she's pretty.
• He thinks he knows her.
• He is afraid to be alone.
• It is raining and she needs a ride.

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CCSS.RI.8.1

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After riding with him, the young woman decides that Adams is

• dead.
• boring.
• interesting.
• dangerous.

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What does Adams come to believe while he is stuck on the train tracks?

• He is merely imagining the hitchhiker.
• The hitchhiker is leading him to death.
• He is lonely and must pick up the hitchhiker.
• His mother is gravely ill and needs his help.

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The climax of the story occurs when Adams

• avoids the hitchhiker on Brooklyn Bridge.
• stalls the car on the train tracks.
• crashes into the barbed wire fence.
• makes the telephone call to his mother.

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Adams calls his mother in order to

• be comforted.
• find out if she is all right.
• tell her that he is all right.
• see if she can explain what is happening.

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

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