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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 Rip's dog's name?
(a) Bear.
(b) Wolf.
(c) Dutch.
(d) Dog.

2. Who is the author of "Rip Van Winkle"?
(a) Diedrich Knickerbocker.
(b) James Fenimore Cooper.
(c) Geoffrey Crayon.
(d) Washington Irving.

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

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) Onomatopoeia.
(b) Hyperbole.
(c) Personification.
(d) Synechdoche.

5. What kind of relationship does Rip have with the village children?
(a) He is a favorite of theirs because he plays with them and tells stories.
(b) The children are frightened of Rip because he is always yelling at his son and daughter.
(c) The children are frightened of Rip because of his habit of talking to himself.
(d) He is a favorite of theirs because he steals apples from a nearby orchard for them.

Short Answer Questions

1. What evidence does the frame narrator give that the main story's narrator is still well-liked?

2. How does Rip's wife treat his dog?

3. How might Rip's house be described?

4. In the frame narrative, the reader is told that the main story's narrator gets his information from the wives of the "burghers" (28). Whose wives are these?

5. What is true of Rip's children in the beginning of the story?

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