View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the owner of the Union Hotel?
(a) Nicholaus Vedder.
(b) Van Brummel.
(c) Hendrick Hudson.
(d) Jonathan Doolittle.

2. From the reference to the painting in the parsonage, what can the reader deduce about the men that Rip meets in the mountains?
(a) They look like many copies of the same person.
(b) They are standing unnaturally still.
(c) They look like Dutchmen from long ago.
(d) They look like European royalty.

3. What is the stranger on the mountainside carrying?
(a) A keg of alcohol.
(b) A bowling ball and pins.
(c) Equipment for camping in the mountains.
(d) An antique gun and the carcass of a deer.

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. Who is "Dame" Van Winkle?
(a) Rip's mother.
(b) Rip's sister.
(c) Rip's daughter.
(d) Rip's wife.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the "flagons" that the men on the mountainside have (34)?

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

3. Where is the village that Rip lives in?

4. 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?

5. From the description of Rip's attitude to his farm, on page 30, what can be deduced about Rip?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 347 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample