she also seemed to have quite the reaction to being back in that bedroom, which as we learned later, hasn't been changed at all, right down to the filthy sheets, which, gross.
there's a decent chance she's not quite herself, or at least not quite dot the tiger we've seen the first 8 eps. she's a combo of dot the tiger and nadine the girl who was basically abducted into this horror movie in her teens. she's shown some instinct, and some shock, so i don't know if i would call it sloppy or inconsistent. i'm just assuming that's what they were going for.
the rifle is a little silly since leaving it didn't cost her anything. i still think there were better hiding places. like someone said - it would be visible from 5 football fields away that someone had swung the gear and stopped the windmill, yet she immediately thought of it when she was told to hide someplace they wouldn't think to look.