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

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

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

4. The men on the mountainside have "uncouth, lack lustre countenances" (34). What does this mean is true about the men?
(a) Their voices are flat and they seem unhappy.
(b) Their clothing is sloppy and dull.
(c) They are dressed like children even though they are old.
(d) Their faces look blank and they seem rude.

5. 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."

Short Answer Questions

1. What strikes Rip as very odd about the way the men on the mountainside are behaving?

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

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

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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