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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 small hill.
(b) A flat spot.
(c) A fallen tree.
(d) A rounded depression.

2. What does Rip do while he is resting on the mountainside?
(a) Skins the rabbit he shot.
(b) Thinks about how to make his wife happier.
(c) Looks at the scenery.
(d) Pets his dog, Wolf.

3. How does Rip end up drinking some of the men's strange liquor?
(a) The men gather around him and force him to drink.
(b) He sneaks it when they are not looking.
(c) The man he arrived with pours him a cup.
(d) He mistakes it for water.

4. What does the man that Rip traveled up the mountainside with want Rip to do once they reach the other men?
(a) Let them paint his picture.
(b) Leave.
(c) Play a game with them.
(d) Serve them alcohol.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What causes Rip to finally start for home after he realizes that he will not be able to find the strange men again?

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

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

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. 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?

6. 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?

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

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

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

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

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