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

2. 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) Simile.
(b) Understatement.
(c) Alliteration.
(d) Metaphor.

3. When he is resting on the mountainside, what sound alerts Rip that someone is nearby?
(a) He hears someone struggling with a heavy load.
(b) He hears someone singing.
(c) He hears his dog barking at someone.
(d) He hears someone calling his name.

4. Why does Rip stop spending time with his friends?
(a) His wife yells at them constantly.
(b) His friends move away to a bigger town.
(c) His wife tells him he cannot spend time with them anymore.
(d) His friends decide that he is too lazy to be friends with.

5. Everything that happens to Rip on the morning after he meets the strangers on the mountain makes him feel "perplexities" (36). What does this mean that is Rip feeling?
(a) Confused.
(b) Sad.
(c) Angry.
(d) Surprised.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What do Rip and the stranger climb up on their way up the mountainside?

3. Which nation controls New York at the time when Rip and the village are introduced to the reader?

4. What causes Rip to first understand what a long time he has been away from the village?

5. Where does Rip go to live after he returns to the village?

(see the answer key)

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