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- 1. Multiple Choice
The main character is driving from Brooklyn to...
California
Colorado
Oklahoma
Pennsylvania
- 2. Multiple Choice
What does Mrs. Adams warn the main character about before the trip?
falling asleep
driving fast
picking up strangers
all of the above
- 3. Multiple Choice
Where did the main character first see the hitchhiker?
on the Pennsylvania Turnpike
on the Brooklyn Bridge
on the Pulaski Skyway
none of these
- 4. Multiple Choice
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 gas
all of these
- 5. Multiple Choice
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
- 6. Multiple Choice
What did the girl 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
- 7. Multiple Choice
With the girl in the car, the main character almost crashed his car into a...
detour sign
barbed-wire fence
gas pump
none of these
- 8. Multiple Choice
When the main character called his mother, who answered the phone?7
his great aunt
a strange man
a woman he did not know
none of these
- 9. Multiple Choice
What was strange about the hitchhiker
He was covered in blood
He was screaming in Latin
He kept impossibly showing up
He was a dream
- 10. Multiple Choice
At the end of the radio play, Adams realizes that six days earlier helost his mother to a fatal disease.killed the hitchhiker on the train tracks.died in an automobile accident in Brooklyn.went insane and abandoned his responsibilities. - 11. Multiple Choice
Phosphorescent
glowing with a dark light
glowing with a bright light
non reflective material
a dark hole
- 12. Multiple Choice
Lark
a type of eagle
a type of singing
carefree adventure
a place of joining
- 13. Multiple Choice
sinister
guarantee
evil
being the same
a happy place
- 14. Multiple Choice
Junction
a place where things come or join together
when two things run next to each other but do not join
a place in which two places never join or meet each other
when two things are in different places
- 15. Multiple Choice
Assurance
when two things are the sam
when a force appears to be evil
money paid to people when another person dies
guarantee
- 16. Multiple Choice
monotoney
two or more things that are different
sameness
when two or more things share no characteristics
opposite
- 17. Multiple Choice
"Gave me the willies"
made me nervous
made me angry
made me afraid
made me happy
- 18. Multiple Choice
What does "dogs" mean in this sentence?
My dogs were killing me.
a domestic animal
a good friend
feet
hands
- 19. Multiple Choice
lowing
barking
chortling
coughing
mooing
- 20. Multiple Choice
prostrated
a type of extreme joy
a type of extreme anger
a type of deep sadness
a type of mental collapse
- 21. Multiple Choice
What was the phone number Adams called?
2-0828
8-2082
0-2082
302-2082
- 22. Multiple Choice
What was the name of the person who answered the phone at Adam's mother's house?
Mrs. Williams
Mrs. Watson
Mrs. Whitney
Mrs. Wallace
- 23. Multiple Choice
What did the operator say during Adam's call?
Times up sire.
Please deposit 25 cents more for three minutes.
Mrs. Whitney, do you accept this call?
Your three minutes are up sir.
- 24. Multiple Choice
Where was Adams at the end of the story?
At a car park in Santa Fe
at an auto camp in Gallup
at a hotel in Santa Fe
at a gas station in Gallup
- 25. Multiple Choice
When does foreshadowing occur in this story
When Adams is telling the gas station attendant about the hitchhike
At the beginning of the story
At the end of the story
After he calss his mother
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