The Hitchhiker

What is the setting of the story?

• California and Brooklyn, New York

• 1940 Ford V8

• on the highway, early 1940s

• all of these

Why does Adams state facts about himself at the beginning of the play?

• to show that he is sane

• to plead for help

• to understand what is happening

• all of these

Which excerpt best shows that flashback will be used?

• It’s all taken place since the death of her oldest son, Ronald.

• I’m in an auto camp on Route 66 just west of Gallup, New Mexico.

• Six days ago I left Brooklyn to drive to California…

• none of these

Read the following exerpts. What do they foreshadow?

Promise me you’ll be extra careful. Don’t fall asleep or drive fast or pick up any strangers on the road.

I was in excellent spirits – drive ahead, even the loneliness seemed like a lark. But I

reckoned without him.

• Something might go wrong while he's driving.

• He will encounter a hitchhiker.

• The drive will be harder than he thinks.

• all of these

Where does Ronald Adams first see the hitchhiker?

• The Pennsylvania Turnpike

• The Brooklyn Bridge

• Near the train tracks

• Behind a barbed wire fence

Why is the following event important to the development of the plot?

Adams sees the hithiker on the Brooklyn Bridge.

• It is the inciting incident.

• The setting is introduced.

• It is the climax of the story.

• It is the resoulution of the story.

Which of the following excerpts includes an example of suspense?

• After I got the car back on the road again, I felt like a fool.

• The train was coming closer. I could hear its bell, its cry its whistle crying!

• It was a bright sunshiny afternoon. The peaceful Ohio fields, brown with the autumn

  stubble, lay dreaming in the golden light.

• I’ll be back. I’ll only be on the Coast three months

Which statement best summarizes the play’s resolution?

• Adams grieves the loss of his mother.

• Adams decides to keep searching for the hitchhiker.

• Adams ponders his own death.

• Adams decides to go back home.

Which literary device gives hints or clues about what will happen later in the story?

• flashback

• foreshadowing

• suspense

• allusion

Which literary device interupts sequence of the plot to tell about an event that happened in the past?

• flashback

• foreshadowing

• suspense

• allegory