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1.Where does Adams first see the hitchhiker?
Brooklyn
on the Brooklyn Bridge
New Jersey
Gallup, New Mexico



2.What does the mechanic in Pennsylvania say about hitchhikers on the Turnpike?
The hitchhikers he sees are usually on business trips.
The hitchhikers only take rides in fast cars.
Hitchhikers usually travel through Pennsylvania at night.
Hitchhikers rarely travel on the Turnpike.



3.What is it about the hitchhiker that irks Adams as he waits for the train to pass in Oklahoma?
the spots of rain on the hitchhiker's shoulders
the hitchhiker's silent brooding
the hitchhiker's disinterested expression
the hitchhiker's continual reappearance



4.Why does Adams ask the girl whether she can hitchhike faster when traveling with a fast driver?
Adams wants there to be a logical explanation for why he keeps seeing the same hitchhiker.
Adams is just making polite conversation with the girl.
Adams thinks that the girl is a female manifestation of his hitchhiker.
Adams has started to lose his mind.



5.Why is Adams's mother in the hospital at the end of the radio play?
She was in a car accident in Brooklyn.
She had always been an anxious and unstable person who needed to be hospitalized.
She has a nervous breakdown upon learning that her son was killed in a car accident.
She is evicted from her home and cannot cope with the situation.

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