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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. How does Rip's wife treat his dog?
(a) She ignores the dog completely.
(b) She insists that the dog stay outside and earn its keep on the farm.
(c) She treats the dog better than anyone else in the family.
(d) She treats the dog the same way she treats Rip.

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

3. On page 29, the setting sun causes something to light up and glow "like a crown of glory." This is an example of what literary technique?
(a) Understatement.
(b) Alliteration.
(c) Simile.
(d) Metaphor.

4. When on page 31, the narrator refers to Rip's wife's nagging as a "torrent of household eloquence," what tone is created?
(a) Maudlin.
(b) Farcical.
(c) Nostalgic.
(d) Ironic.

5. Who is Peter Stuyvesant?
(a) A former governor of New York.
(b) The owner of the village inn.
(c) The village schoolmaster.
(d) Rip's neighbor.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Rip spend time with his friends?

2. What kind of relationship does Rip have with the village children?

3. On page 29, the narrator says that a person might have "descried" the smoke from the village. What does this mean a person might have done?

4. What is Rip's dog's name?

5. How might Rip's house be described?

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