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Worksheets"The Hitchhiker" By Lucille Fletcher
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 13mins
What is the meaning of the word "mad" as used in the statement: " I know that I'm at this moment perfectly sane, that it's not me who's gone mad.."?
Joyful
Angry
Insane
Calm
What is the meaning of the word "drab" as used in the statement: "He [the hitchhiker] was drab as a mud fence...?
Brightly colored
Dull and uninteresting
Covered with large spots
Full of many colors
What is the meaning of the word "dogs" as used in the statement: "..you mind if I take off my shoes? My dogs are killin' me." ?
Pets
Hands
Knees
Feet
This drama is told in chronological order. How does this help you understand the story?
Helps you see the events in the order that they happened
Helps you remember that this story is fiction
Helps you understand what the hitchhiker looks like
Helps you relate to Ronald's fears of the Hitchhiker.
What theme does Lucille Fletcher want the reader to learn?
Death only comes to people who have picked up hitchhikers on the road.
Women are the only hitchhikers that you can safely give a ride to.
Sometimes you are more insane than you realize.
Death cannot be avoided because it always gets the person it comes for.
Which quote from the story supports that theme?
"Somewhere among them, he [the hitchhiker] is waiting for me."
"I've read somewhere that love can banish demons."
"How does this door work?! I'm gettin' outta here!"
"Mother, I'll be back. I'll only be on the coast for three months."
This drama includes many technical elements of drama, such as sound effects and music. Explain how each of these elements affects the story?
Sounds effects help imitate the sounds in telling a story. Music helps set the mood and build suspense.
Sound effects help reader listen along to the story. Music helps relax the readers.
Sound effects are not included in radio plays only music.
Sound effects are made by the actors and music is a part of the dialogue
What plot event causes Ronald to ask the gas station attendant about hitchhikers?
Ronald read in a book that roads are full of hitchhikers?
The attendant told Ronald that he shouldn't pick up any hitchhikers.
Ronald wants to pick up the mysterious Hitchhiker but is afraid to.
Ronald has seen the same mysterious Hitchhiker 3 times in a row.
What statement from the story is an example of foreshadowing?
"Nine night, isn't it?"
"No, not this time of night, mister! My wife's the cook, she's in bed!"
"Mrs. Adams is not as home. She's still in the hospital."
"Don't you worry. There isn't anything going to happen. It's just eight days of...driving."
What event causes the female passenger to jump out of Ronald's car and run off?
Ronald, seeing the Hitchhiker, swerves the car off the road twice.
She sees a friend that she intends to stay with for a few days.
Ronald becomes afraid of the hitchhiker and tells her to leave
Ronald's mother tells him not to pick up any female passengers
What detail(s) from the story proves that the Hitchhiker is not a real person?
I. He calls out "Helloooooo
II. He is everywhere that Ronald goes, even though Ronald is traveling faster.
III. The female passenger never sees the Hitchhiker, even though Ronald does.
IV. The Hitchhiker is always covered with water, even in areas where it has not rained.
I
I and III
II, III, and IV
I, II, III, and IV
What important conclusion can you draw from Ronald's conversation with Mrs. Whitney at the end of the play?
Ronald's mother had died, and Mrs. Whitney, who now lives in his house, is pretending not to know Ronald.
When Ronald saw the Hitchhiker on the Brooklyn Bridge and swerved to miss him, he actually had a wreck and died.
The female hitchhiker and the Hitchhiker are both evil beings who are trying to torture Ronald Adams as he takes his trip.
Ronald has been asleep throughout the entire story, and all of his encounters with the Hitchhiker have been a dream.
Who/what do you believe the Hitchhiker really is?
An alien from another planet who is attempting to take over the planet
A man who doesn't own a car and needs a ride to an important place
The Angel of Death who has come for Ronald since Ronald died on the bridge
A crazy man who wants to get rid of Ronald, steal his car, and take over his life
