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

2. What causes Rip to finally start for home after he realizes that he will not be able to find the strange men again?
(a) He is too frightened to stay on the mountain.
(b) He is hungry.
(c) He wants to tell his wife about his adventure.
(d) He hopes that Wolf might have returned home.

3. 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 his dog barking at someone.
(c) He hears someone singing.
(d) He hears someone struggling with a heavy load.

4. When Rip wakes in the morning on the mountainside, what does he think has happened to his gun?
(a) He thinks that the strange men are playing some kind of joke.
(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 he must have left it in the amphitheater.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of clothing is the stranger on the mountainside wearing?

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

3. 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?

4. What are the "flagons" that the men on the mountainside have (34)?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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 at first find odd about the stranger in the mountains?

7. 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?

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

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

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

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