Hitchhiker

What point of view is "The Hitchhiker" told in?

• third person limited

• third person omniscient

• first person

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CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

What does "mad" mean in the following line: "I know that I'm at this moment perfectly sane, that is't not me who's gone mad."

• angry and upset

• insane/crazy

• confused

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CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What is important about the following two lines?

Adams: "Six days ago I left Brooklyn to drive to California."

Mrs. Adams (apprehensive) "Goodbye, son. Good luck to you, my boy."

• There is a time shift from the present to the past and the story shifts to Adams' flashback.

• His mother was happy he was going on an adventure

• there is nothing that connects these lines.

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

Why does Ronald ask the gas station attendant if it had been raining?

• He needs to fix his windshield wipers

• There are gray clouds overhead

• Ronald has seen a hitchhiker who has fresh rain drops showing on the shoulders of his jacket.

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CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

What is the purpose of the role of the gas station attendant?

• to provide foreshadowing and real world context to Ronald's journey

• to make sure Ronald keeps going - and has gas to fill his tank

• To curb Ronald's lonliness.

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What does the word FORESHADOW mean?

• the place where to roads meet at an intersection

• a narrative device that hints at coming events

• a carefree adventure

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CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Look at the following lines - what is Adams doing - and why?

"He didn't even look up at me. He was staring at the ground. I stepped on the gas hard, veering the wheel sharply toward him. I could hear the train in the distance now, but I didn't care."

• Adams is desperate having seen the hitchhiker so often. He decides to try and kill him, even though he has no real cause.

• Adams is insulted because the hitchhiker won't look at him, and in his anger Adams decides to run down the hitchhiker

• Adams actually sees danger behind the hitchhiker and decides to try and get rid of it by running his car over it.

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Why does Adams ask the female hitchhiker : "I'll bet if you get a good pick up in a fast car,,, you could get places faster than another person in another car, couldn't you?

• He's checking her math skills

• He's jealous that she's getting across country so fast

• He's trying to rationalize why he sees the hitchhiker all along the road.

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Explain Adams' state of mind when he says this: "I had the feeling that if only I could speak to someone familiar, someone I loved, I could pull myself together."

• He feels he's going mad, and is desperate to rid himself of the image of the hitchhiker.

• He's afraid he will die somehow and thinks talking with someone familiar might save him.

• He's hoping his mother will send him money so he can get on a plane to come home.

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What is the significance of the line: "your three minutes are up, sir..."

• He needs to put more money in the phone

• It's a symbolic moment: your time is up.... which really means Adams' life is over.

• The people in NY don't wish to speak with him.

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3