The Hitchhiker

1. Where is Ronald Adams when he begins telling his story?

• A) In a hotel in Los Angeles
• B) In an auto camp on Route 66 west of Gallup, New Mexico
• C) In a diner in Amarillo, Texas
• D) In a police station in Brooklyn, New York

2.What is Adams' reason for leaving Brooklyn?

• A) He is running from the police
• B) He is moving permanently to California
• C) He is taking a three-month trip to California
• D) He is searching for a lost relative

3. What is the first place Adams sees the mysterious hitchhiker?

• A) On the Brooklyn Bridge
• B) In the Ozark Mountains
• C) At a gas station in Pittsburgh
• D) In the desert near Amarillo

4. What unusual feature does Adams repeatedly notice about the hitchhiker?

• A) He always wears a red coat
• B) He has spots of fresh rain on his shoulders, even when it hasn’t rained
• C) He always carries a newspaper
• D) He leaves footprints that glow

5. How does Adams react when he sees the hitchhiker multiple times?

• A) He tries to run him over
• B) He stops to ask for directions
• C) He picks him up and drives with him
• D) He calls the police immediately

6. Why does the woman passenger leave Adams' car in fear?

• A) He tells her he is seeing a ghostly hitchhiker
• B) He tries to kidnap her
• C) He crashes the car into a ditch
• D) She sees the hitchhiker too and is terrified

7. How does the gas station attendant react when Adams asks about hitchhikers?

• A) He says hitchhikers are common in the area
• B) He laughs and says no one would hitchhike there
• C) He describes the same man Adams has been seeing
• D) He warns Adams to be careful

8. What is the significance of the repeated appearances of the hitchhiker?

• A) He represents a lost family member
• B) He symbolizes death or the afterlife
• C) He is a figment of Adams' imagination due to exhaustion
• D) He is an undercover police officer

9. What ultimately leads Adams to suspect that he may be dead?

• A) A phone call to his mother reveals that she is mourning his death
• B) He sees his own name in an obituary
• C) A police officer tells him he is a ghost
• D) He suddenly becomes invisible in the mirror

10. What literary device is most prominently used in The Hitchhiker?

• A) Foreshadowing
• B) Hyperbole
• C) Personification
• D) Symbolism