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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. 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) Sad.
(d) Confused.

2. What strikes Rip as very odd about the way the men on the mountainside are behaving?
(a) They seem to be completely unable to see him, even though he is standing very close to them.
(b) Even though they are playing a game, they seem unhappy.
(c) Although no one speaks, they keep nodding and laughing.
(d) They seem to be expecting him, because there is an open spot left for him.

3. 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.

4. 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 mountain stream.
(b) It is now a dense forest.
(c) It is covered with splinters of wood from a keg.
(d) It is marked with several colors of dark paint.

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.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. From the reference to the painting in the parsonage, what can the reader deduce about the men that Rip meets in the mountains?

3. What do Rip and the stranger climb up on their way up the mountainside?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. 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?

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

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

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

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

9. 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?

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

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