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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to Rip as a result of drinking the strangers' liquor?
(a) He gets lost in the woods.
(b) They chase him away.
(c) He falls asleep.
(d) He can suddenly hear them talking.

2. 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 too frightened to stay on the mountain.
(c) He is hungry.
(d) He hopes that Wolf might have returned home.

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

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

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

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

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

8. On page 33, Rip complies with the stranger's request with "his usual alacrity." How does Rip comply?
(a) Quickly.
(b) Lazily.
(c) Absentmindedly.
(d) Cheerfully.

9. Why does Rip hurry over to the man he sees on the mountainside?
(a) Wolf's reaction makes him curious to get a closer look.
(b) He thinks it is a neighbor who needs his help.
(c) The man seems to be about to drop his burden.
(d) The man calls to him that he needs some help.

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

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 an innkeeper.
(c) He is dressed like a Dutchman from long ago.
(d) He is dressed like a British soldier.

12. 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 the strange men are playing some kind of joke.
(c) He thinks that he might have dropped it in the woods.
(d) He thinks that the strange men have stolen it.

13. When Rip sees a dog that looks like Wolf outside of his old house, how does the dog behave?
(a) It seems to not be able to see him.
(b) It quivers in fear.
(c) It jumps up and licks his face.
(d) It snarls at him and then walks away.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

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

3. What does Rip keep hearing as he and the stranger climb up the mountainside?

4. When Rip finds the path that he and the strange man took on the night before, what surprising change has happened?

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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