Driving Adventure Quiz

The main character is driving from Brooklyn to...

• California

• Colorado

• Oklahoma

• Pennsylvania

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

What does Mrs. Adams warn the main character about before the trip?

• falling asleep

• driving fast

• picking up strangers

• all of these

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.1

Where did the main character first see the hitchhiker?

• on the Pennsylvania Turnpike

• on the Brooklyn Bridge

• on the Pulaski Skyway

• none of these

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

After a lengthy conversation with the main character, the storekeeper threatens to...

• kick him out of his store.

• call Sheriff Oakes.

• charge him double for the gas.

• all of these

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.1

Why did the main character stop the car before seeing the hitchhiker standing near the train tracks?

• because he ran out of gas

• because he heard someone calling for help

• because he had to let the train pass

• none of these

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.1

What did the girl hitchhiker say when she first got in the car?

• “Mind if I take off my shoes?”

• “Got anything to eat?”

• “Gee, nice car!”

• none of these

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

With the girl in the car, the main character crashed his car into a...

• detour sign.

• barbed-wire fence.

• gas pump.

• none of these

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

When the main character called his mother, who answered the phone?

• his great aunt

• a strange man

• a woman he did not know

• none of these

Tags

CCSS.RF.5.4C

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

What is the conflict of the story for the main character?

• He keeps running into a hitchhiker and can't understand how.

• He gets lost on his way out to California.

• He gets stuck in the middle of no where when his mother warned him about maps.

• He gets homesick and wants to return back to is mother.

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

Which literary device is used to create a feeling of uncertainty and drama?

• Foreshadow

• Flashback

• Mood

• Suspense

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5