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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. When Rip finds the path that he and the strange man took on the night before, what surprising change has happened?
(a) It is covered with splinters of wood from a keg.
(b) It is marked with several colors of dark paint.
(c) It is now a dense forest.
(d) It is now a mountain stream.

2. What causes Rip to first understand what a long time he has been away from the village?
(a) When the crowd tells him where all of his friends have gone.
(b) The death of Dame Van Winkle.
(c) The changes in the village's buildings.
(d) When he realizes that he does not recognize anyone.

3. What has replaced the tree that once stood outside the village inn?
(a) A podium for election day speakers.
(b) The Union Hotel.
(c) A flagpole and the American flag.
(d) A statue of George Washington.

4. On page 29, the mountains are said to be "lording it over the surrounding country." This is an example of which literary technique?
(a) Personification.
(b) Hyperbole.
(c) Onomatopoeia.
(d) Synechdoche.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Judith Gardenier turn out to be?

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

3. Why does Rip hurry over to the man he sees on the mountainside?

4. When Rip is finally identified and tells his story, what is the reaction of the villagers?

5. Rip sees a "bilious" looking man in front of the Union Hotel (37). What does the man look like?

(see the answer key)

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