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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. When he is resting on the mountainside, what sound alerts Rip that someone is nearby?
(a) He hears someone calling his name.
(b) He hears someone struggling with a heavy load.
(c) He hears someone singing.
(d) He hears his dog barking at someone.

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

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 Dutchmen from long ago.
(c) They are standing unnaturally still.
(d) They look like European royalty.

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

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) Next to the Hudson River.
(c) Back at the spot where he met the first man coming up the mountain.
(d) In the natural "amphitheater."

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

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

12. 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) Confused.
(c) Surprised.
(d) Sad.

13. When Rip finds the path that he and the strange man took on the night before, what surprising change has happened?
(a) It is marked with several colors of dark paint.
(b) It is now a mountain stream.
(c) It is now a dense forest.
(d) It is covered with splinters of wood from a keg.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When Rip wakes in the morning on the mountainside, what does he think has happened to his gun?

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

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

5. When Rip is tired from hunting, he lies down on a knoll. What is he lying on?

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