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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of clothing is the stranger on the mountainside wearing?
(a) He is dressed like an innkeeper.
(b) He is dressed like a British soldier.
(c) He is dressed like a pirate captain.
(d) He is dressed like a Dutchman from long ago.

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

3. 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) Lost in the woods on the mountainside.
(c) In the natural "amphitheater."
(d) Next to the Hudson River.

4. 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 there are tall rocks there that look like men.
(b) There is no longer an opening through the rock to reach the amphitheater.
(c) The men are gone, but their equipment has been left behind.
(d) There is nothing left in the amphitheater except his own gun.

5. What does Rip keep hearing as he and the stranger climb up the mountainside?
(a) Something that sounds like thunder.
(b) The roar of a waterfall.
(c) Something that sounds like stampeding animals.
(d) A deep, booming laugh.

6. What is the stranger on the mountainside carrying?
(a) A bowling ball and pins.
(b) Equipment for camping in the mountains.
(c) A keg of alcohol.
(d) An antique gun and the carcass of a deer.

7. What does the man that Rip traveled up the mountainside with want Rip to do once they reach the other men?
(a) Serve them alcohol.
(b) Leave.
(c) Let them paint his picture.
(d) Play a game with them.

8. When Rip and the stranger enter the natural amphitheater, Rip sees several people doing what?
(a) Gambling.
(b) Drinking.
(c) Painting.
(d) Bowling.

9. What is Rip's first worry when he wakes up on the mountainside in the morning?
(a) He cannot remember the night before.
(b) His gun and dog are missing.
(c) His wife is going to be very angry.
(d) He feels unusually sore and tired.

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

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

12. 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.

13. 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 wants to tell his wife about his adventure.
(b) He is hungry.
(c) He hopes that Wolf might have returned home.
(d) He is too frightened to stay on the mountain.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Rip is surprised by the "singularity" of the stranger's appearance (36). What kind of appearance is this?

2. What happens to Rip as a result of drinking the strangers' liquor?

3. 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?

4. When he is resting on the mountainside, what sound alerts Rip that someone is nearby?

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

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