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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2: Pages 33-36.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On page 33, Rip complies with the stranger's request with "his usual alacrity." How does Rip comply?
(a) Lazily.
(b) Absentmindedly.
(c) Cheerfully.
(d) Quickly.

2. What are the "flagons" that the men on the mountainside have (34)?
(a) Cups.
(b) Weapons.
(c) Old-fashioned hats.
(d) Dice.

3. What is Rip's dog's name?
(a) Bear.
(b) Dog.
(c) Wolf.
(d) Dutch.

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

5. 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 he must have walked much farther on the evening before than he first realized.
(b) He thinks that he is getting old.
(c) He thinks that sleeping on the mountainside may have given him an attack of rheumatism.
(d) He thinks that he is under a spell.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When Rip sees a dog that looks like Wolf outside of his old house, how does the dog behave?

3. After he can no longer spend time with his friends, where does Rip start going to spend time away from his home and farm?

4. Everything that happens to Rip on the morning after he meets the strangers on the mountain makes him feel "perplexities" (36). What does this mean that is Rip feeling?

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

(see the answer key)

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