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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 Dutchmen from long ago.
(b) They look like many copies of the same person.
(c) They look like European royalty.
(d) They are standing unnaturally still.

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

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

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

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

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

7. 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.

8. What strikes Rip as very odd about the way the men on the mountainside are behaving?
(a) Although no one speaks, they keep nodding and laughing.
(b) They seem to be expecting him, because there is an open spot left for him.
(c) Even though they are playing a game, they seem unhappy.
(d) They seem to be completely unable to see him, even though he is standing very close to them.

9. 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 is getting old.
(b) He thinks that he must have walked much farther on the evening before than he first realized.
(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.

10. What do Rip and the stranger climb up on their way up the mountainside?
(a) The dry bed of a stream.
(b) A long, muddy slope.
(c) A pathway left by loggers.
(d) A rocky cliff.

11. 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) Angry.
(c) Confused.
(d) Surprised.

12. Rip is surprised by the "singularity" of the stranger's appearance (36). What kind of appearance is this?
(a) Frightening.
(b) Unique.
(c) Funny.
(d) Neat.

13. 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 "hot."
(d) Rhymes with "loft."

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The men on the mountainside have "uncouth, lack lustre countenances" (34). What does this mean is true about the men?

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

3. On his way home from the mountains, what does Rip suddenly realize about his own appearance?

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

5. What is Rip's first worry when he wakes up on the mountainside in the morning?

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