"The Hitchhiker" Test

What is the setting of the story?

• New Mexico and Brooklyn, New York

• A car

• on the highway, early 1940s

• all of these (Choose This Answer!)

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 excerpts. 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.

• an accident

• the appearance of the hitchhiker

• the death of a character

• none of these

Where does Adams see the hitchhiker?

• on the Brooklyn Bridge

• standing beside a barbed-wire fence

• outside the Navajo reservation

• all of these

Read the following words and their definitions. Which word contains the Latin root word junct as it is used in junction?

• conjunction – (n.) a word that joins two or more sentences

• adjunct – (n.) something attached to another

• both of these

• neither of these

In which of these sentences is the word distinctly used the same as in the following excerpt?

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

• Although they are identical twins, Averi and Amariah have distinctly different hairstyles.

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

• both of these

• neither of these

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 of the story.

• It puts the reader in suspense.

Which of the following excerpts includes an example of suspense?

• No, people drive through here in all kinds of weather. Mostly business, though. Ain’t many pleasure cars out on the turnpike this season of the year.

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

• Listen, just a minute ago there was a man standing here, right beside this stand, and he – a suspicious looking man.

• It was a bright sunshiny afternoon. The peaceful Ohio fields, brown with the autumn stubble, lay dreaming in the golden light.

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.