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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3: Page 37-Postscript.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Rip's dog's name?
(a) Dutch.
(b) Dog.
(c) Bear.
(d) Wolf.

2. When, on page 37, Rip meets "a knowing, self-important old gentleman, in a sharp cocked hat," what is the reader meant to infer from the description of the hat?
(a) The man has something to do with the revolution.
(b) The man is from one of the old Dutch families.
(c) The man is one of the political candidates up for election.
(d) The man is another supernatural figure.

3. Rip sees a "bilious" looking man in front of the Union Hotel (37). What does the man look like?
(a) Cheery and possibly drunk.
(b) As if he has a fatal disease.
(c) As if he has a delicious secret.
(d) Nauseous and bad-tempered.

4. When Rip breaks down over seeing his son, what does the crowd begin to think?
(a) He is playing a prank.
(b) He is lying.
(c) He is mentally ill.
(d) He really is who he says he is.

5. After he can no longer spend time with his friends, where does Rip start going to spend time away from his home and farm?
(a) The seashore.
(b) The river.
(c) The woods.
(d) The barn.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Rip's son's name?

2. Why does Diedrich Knickerbocker believe that the reader should accept Rip's story as true?

3. When Rip sees a dog that looks like Wolf outside of his old house, how does the dog behave?

4. How does Wolf react to the stranger on the mountainside?

5. What has happened to Dame Van Winkle during Rip's absence?

(see the answer key)

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