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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. 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 flat spot.
(d) A small hill.

2. 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.

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

4. What type of clothing is the stranger on the mountainside wearing?
(a) He is dressed like an innkeeper.
(b) He is dressed like a pirate captain.
(c) He is dressed like a Dutchman from long ago.
(d) He is dressed like a British soldier.

5. 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 under a spell.
(b) He thinks that he must have walked much farther on the evening before than he first realized.
(c) He thinks that sleeping on the mountainside may have given him an attack of rheumatism.
(d) He thinks that he is getting old.

Short Answer Questions

1. Rip is surprised by the "singularity" of the stranger's appearance (36). What kind of appearance is this?

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

3. What does Rip do while he is resting on the mountainside?

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

5. What is the stranger on the mountainside carrying?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

7. 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?

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

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

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

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