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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 do Rip and the stranger climb up on their way up the mountainside?
(a) A rocky cliff.
(b) A long, muddy slope.
(c) A pathway left by loggers.
(d) The dry bed of a stream.

2. What does Rip do while he is resting on the mountainside?
(a) Looks at the scenery.
(b) Thinks about how to make his wife happier.
(c) Skins the rabbit he shot.
(d) Pets his dog, Wolf.

3. What causes Rip to finally start for home after he realizes that he will not be able to find the strange men again?
(a) He hopes that Wolf might have returned home.
(b) He is too frightened to stay on the mountain.
(c) He wants to tell his wife about his adventure.
(d) He is hungry.

4. From the description of Rip's attitude to his farm, on page 30, what can be deduced about Rip?
(a) His farm is envied by many of his neighbors.
(b) He is devoted to his home and family.
(c) He likes to make excuses instead of taking care of his responsibilities.
(d) His attitude toward his own family is similar to his attitude toward the villagers.

5. Where does Rip find himself on the morning after meeting the strangers on the mountain?
(a) Back at the spot where he met the first man coming up the mountain.
(b) Next to the Hudson River.
(c) Lost in the woods on the mountainside.
(d) In the natural "amphitheater."

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Rip's son's name?

2. When the crowd points out Rip's son, what confusion does it cause for Rip?

3. What does Rip think has changed about the people of the village?

4. How does Rip end up drinking some of the men's strange liquor?

5. What does Rip keep hearing as he and the stranger climb up the mountainside?

(see the answer key)

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