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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. When he is resting on the mountainside, what sound alerts Rip that someone is nearby?
(a) He hears someone calling his name.
(b) He hears someone struggling with a heavy load.
(c) He hears his dog barking at someone.
(d) He hears someone singing.

2. On page 29, the narrator says that a person might have "descried" the smoke from the village. What does this mean a person might have done?
(a) Seen it.
(b) Explained its details.
(c) Been puzzled by it.
(d) Complained about it.

3. When Rip is tired from hunting, he lies down on a knoll. What is he lying on?
(a) A flat spot.
(b) A fallen tree.
(c) A small hill.
(d) A rounded depression.

4. When Rip wakes in the morning on the mountainside, what does he think has happened to his gun?
(a) He thinks that he might have dropped it in the woods.
(b) He thinks that the strange men have stolen it.
(c) He thinks that the strange men are playing some kind of joke.
(d) He thinks that he must have left it in the amphitheater.

5. 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?
(a) Sad.
(b) Confused.
(c) Angry.
(d) Surprised.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is true of Rip's children in the beginning of the story?

2. Where is the village that Rip lives in?

3. On page 30, the reader learns that Rip is "obsequious" and his wife is a "termagant." What can accurately be said about their relationship?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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