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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. 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.

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

10. 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) They are dressed like children even though they are old.
(c) Their clothing is sloppy and dull.
(d) Their voices are flat and they seem unhappy.

11. 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) Something that sounds like thunder.
(d) The roar of a waterfall.

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

13. 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) He mistakes it for water.
(c) The man he arrived with pours him a cup.
(d) He sneaks it when they are not looking.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. On page 33, Rip complies with the stranger's request with "his usual alacrity." How does Rip comply?

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

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

5. When Rip nears the amphitheater where the group of men were on the night before, what does he notice?

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