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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On his way home from the mountains, what does Rip suddenly realize about his own appearance?
(a) His beard has grown a foot longer.
(b) He has a deep sunburn.
(c) His face is covered with wrinkles.
(d) His clothing is strangely worn and tattered.

2. When Rip starts up the mountainside and finds his joints stiff and notices that he is not feeling as athletic as usual, what does he think is the cause?
(a) He thinks that sleeping on the mountainside may have given him an attack of rheumatism.
(b) He thinks that he is getting old.
(c) He thinks that he must have walked much farther on the evening before than he first realized.
(d) He thinks that he is under a spell.

3. On page 35, Rip is "tempted to repeat the draught." How is the word "draught" pronounced?
(a) Rhymes with "hot."
(b) Rhymes with "raft."
(c) Rhymes with "loft."
(d) Rhymes with "out."

4. What happens to Rip as a result of drinking the strangers' liquor?
(a) He falls asleep.
(b) He gets lost in the woods.
(c) He can suddenly hear them talking.
(d) They chase him away.

5. What do Rip and the stranger climb up on their way up the mountainside?
(a) The dry bed of a stream.
(b) A pathway left by loggers.
(c) A rocky cliff.
(d) A long, muddy slope.

Short Answer Questions

1. From the reference to the painting in the parsonage, what can the reader deduce about the men that Rip meets in the mountains?

2. When Rip and the stranger enter the natural amphitheater, Rip sees several people doing what?

3. How does Wolf react to the stranger on the mountainside?

4. On page 33, Rip complies with the stranger's request with "his usual alacrity." How does Rip comply?

5. When Rip is tired from hunting, he lies down on a knoll. What is he lying on?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain what the natural "amphitheater" is and how Rip and the stranger reach it.

2. When Rip wakes up in the mountains, what changes does he immediately notice?

3. What noise does Rip hear as he and the stranger make their way up the mountain, and what does the noise later turn out to be?

4. What does the man in the mountains want Rip's help with, and how does he communicate this?

5. When Rip reenters the village, what changes does he notice before he gets to his house?

6. What two things does Rip at first find odd about the stranger in the mountains?

7. As Rip tries to retrace his steps from the night before, what changes does he find on the mountainside itself?

8. What two things does Rip find the most unusual about the men in the amphitheater?

9. What is Wolf's reaction to the stranger in the mountains, and how does it ironically relate to what happens upon Rip's return to the village?

10. What do the men in the amphitheater remind Rip of, and what is this meant to signify?

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