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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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 is under a spell.
(d) He thinks that he must have walked much farther on the evening before than he first realized.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How does Wolf react to the stranger on the mountainside?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain what the natural "amphitheater" is and how Rip and the stranger reach it.

2. What does the man in the mountains want Rip's help with, and how does he communicate this?

3. As Rip tries to retrace his steps from the night before, what changes does he find on the mountainside itself?

4. When Rip reenters the village, what changes does he notice before he gets to his house?

5. What noise does Rip hear as he and the stranger make their way up the mountain, and what does the noise later turn out to be?

6. What two things does Rip find the most unusual about the men in the amphitheater?

7. When Rip wakes up in the mountains, what changes does he immediately notice?

8. What is Wolf's reaction to the stranger in the mountains, and how does it ironically relate to what happens upon Rip's return to the village?

9. What do the men in the amphitheater remind Rip of, and what is this meant to signify?

10. What two things does Rip at first find odd about the stranger in the mountains?

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