"The Hitchhiker" Test

What does the following text foreshadow:

Promise me you will be extra careful. Don't fall asleep or drive fast or pick up strangers.

I was in excellent spirits-drive ahead, even the loneliness seemed like a lark. But I reckoned without him.

• an accident

• the appearance of the hitchhiker

• the death of a character

• none of the above

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

Where does Adams see the hitchhiker?

• Brooklyn Bridge

• Near a barbed wire fence

• Outside a Navajo reservation

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CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Which word contains the Latin root word -junct- as it is used in junction?

• conjunction-a word that joins two or more sentences

• adjunct-something attached to another

• both

• neither

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CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

In which sentence is the word distinctly used the same as in the following excerpt?

I could see him distinctly-the bag, the cap, even the spots of fresh rain spattered over his shoulders.

• Even though they are twins, Avery and Amariah have distinctly different hairstyles

• With his new glasses, Omar could see every street sign distinctly

• Both

• Neither

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Which statement BEST summarizes the play's resolution.

• Adams has become a ghost

• Adams grieves the loss of his mother

• Adams decides to find the hitchhiker

• Adams ponders his own death.

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CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.10

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.7

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

Adams sees the hitchhiker on the Brooklyn Bridge.

• The hitchhiker is introduced

• The setting is established

• It is the climax

• It puts the reader in suspense.

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

Which quote shows that a 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 the above

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

What is the setting of the story?

• California and Brooklyn New York

• 1940 Ford V8

• On the highway in the early 1940's

• All of these

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

Adams sees the hitchhiker again at a railroad junction

• Rising Action

• Falling Action

• Exposition

• Resolution

• Climax

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

The operator says that Adams' three minutes are up

• Rising Action

• Falling Action

• Exposition

• Resolution

• Climax

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3