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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 1: Pages 28-32.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Diedrich Knickerbocker's profession?
(a) Historian.
(b) Governor.
(c) Writer of novels.
(d) Farmer.

2. Where is the village that Rip lives in?
(a) At the foot of the Appalachian Mountains.
(b) At the foot of the Catskill Mountains.
(c) On the Atlantic coast.
(d) On the island of Manhattan.

3. 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 woods.
(b) The seashore.
(c) The river.
(d) The barn.

4. Who is Derrick Van Brummel?
(a) The owner of a local hotel.
(b) The owner of the village inn.
(c) The schoolmaster.
(d) The mayor.

5. What evidence does the frame narrator give that the main story's narrator is still well-liked?
(a) His picture is stamped onto new year's cakes.
(b) There is a street in New York named after him.
(c) His portrait is hung in many local schools.
(d) There is a children's rope-skipping rhyme about him.

Short Answer Questions

1. How might Rip's house be described?

2. Who is "Dame" Van Winkle?

3. Who is the author of "Rip Van Winkle"?

4. Who is Peter Stuyvesant?

5. On page 28, the reader is told that the narrator of the main story is known for "scrupulous" accuracy. What kind of accuracy is this?

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