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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 the first thing that the villagers want to know about Rip?
(a) Where he has been for twenty years.
(b) Which political party he supports.
(c) What has happened to his family.
(d) Whether he supported the American Revolution.

2. What is Rip's son's name?
(a) Rip.
(b) John.
(c) Dutch.
(d) Peter.

3. What kind of relationship does Rip have with the village children?
(a) He is a favorite of theirs because he plays with them and tells stories.
(b) He is a favorite of theirs because he steals apples from a nearby orchard for them.
(c) The children are frightened of Rip because of his habit of talking to himself.
(d) The children are frightened of Rip because he is always yelling at his son and daughter.

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 Dutchman from long ago.
(c) He is dressed like a British soldier.
(d) He is dressed like a pirate captain.

5. What strikes Rip as very odd about the way the men on the mountainside are behaving?
(a) They seem to be completely unable to see him, even though he is standing very close to them.
(b) Although no one speaks, they keep nodding and laughing.
(c) Even though they are playing a game, they seem unhappy.
(d) They seem to be expecting him, because there is an open spot left for him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What causes Rip to recognize Judith Gardenier?

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

3. What is true of Rip's children in the beginning of the story?

4. When Rip realizes that his house has been abandoned, where is the next place he goes?

5. Why does Rip stop spending time with his friends?

(see the answer key)

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