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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. 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) Angry.
(b) Surprised.
(c) Confused.
(d) Sad.

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

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

5. Where does Rip find himself on the morning after meeting the strangers on the mountain?
(a) In the natural "amphitheater."
(b) Next to the Hudson River.
(c) Back at the spot where he met the first man coming up the mountain.
(d) Lost in the woods on the mountainside.

6. 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 are standing unnaturally still.
(c) They look like many copies of the same person.
(d) They look like European royalty.

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

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

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

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

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

12. What strikes Rip as very odd about the way the men on the mountainside are behaving?
(a) They seem to be completely unable to see him, even though he is standing very close to them.
(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) Although no one speaks, they keep nodding and laughing.

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

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

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

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 does Rip do while he is resting on the mountainside?

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

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

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

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