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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. What does Rip do while he is resting on the mountainside?
(a) Thinks about how to make his wife happier.
(b) Pets his dog, Wolf.
(c) Skins the rabbit he shot.
(d) Looks at the scenery.

2. From the reference to the painting in the parsonage, what can the reader deduce about the men that Rip meets in the mountains?
(a) They look like many copies of the same person.
(b) They look like Dutchmen from long ago.
(c) They are standing unnaturally still.
(d) They look like European royalty.

3. How does Wolf react to the stranger on the mountainside?
(a) He runs away into the woods.
(b) He growls at him.
(c) He tries to attack the man.
(d) He wags his tail and gives an excited bark.

4. Where does Rip find himself on the morning after meeting the strangers on the mountain?
(a) Back at the spot where he met the first man coming up the mountain.
(b) In the natural "amphitheater."
(c) Next to the Hudson River.
(d) Lost in the woods on the mountainside.

5. How does Rip end up drinking some of the men's strange liquor?
(a) The man he arrived with pours him a cup.
(b) The men gather around him and force him to drink.
(c) He mistakes it for water.
(d) He sneaks it when they are not looking.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What causes Rip to finally start for home after he realizes that he will not be able to find the strange men again?

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

4. Why does Rip hurry over to the man he sees on the mountainside?

5. What do Rip and the stranger climb up on their way up the mountainside?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. 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?

6. 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?

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

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

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

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

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