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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. What causes Rip to finally start for home after he realizes that he will not be able to find the strange men again?
(a) He is too frightened to stay on the mountain.
(b) He wants to tell his wife about his adventure.
(c) He is hungry.
(d) He hopes that Wolf might have returned home.

2. When Rip nears the amphitheater where the group of men were on the night before, what does he notice?
(a) The men are gone, but their equipment has been left behind.
(b) The men are gone, but there are tall rocks there that look like men.
(c) There is no longer an opening through the rock to reach the amphitheater.
(d) There is nothing left in the amphitheater except his own gun.

3. The men on the mountainside have "uncouth, lack lustre countenances" (34). What does this mean is true about the men?
(a) Their faces look blank and they seem rude.
(b) Their clothing is sloppy and dull.
(c) They are dressed like children even though they are old.
(d) Their voices are flat and they seem unhappy.

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

5. 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 are playing some kind of joke.
(c) He thinks that he must have left it in the amphitheater.
(d) He thinks that the strange men have stolen it.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Rip find himself on the morning after meeting the strangers on the mountain?

2. When on page 31, the narrator refers to Rip's wife's nagging as a "torrent of household eloquence," what tone is created?

3. From the description of Rip's attitude to his farm, on page 30, what can be deduced about Rip?

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

5. What does the man that Rip traveled up the mountainside with want Rip to do once they reach the other men?

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