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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2: Pages 33-36.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From the reference to the painting in the parsonage, what can the reader deduce about the men that Rip meets in the mountains?
(a) They look like European royalty.
(b) They look like Dutchmen from long ago.
(c) They look like many copies of the same person.
(d) They are standing unnaturally still.

2. On his way home from the mountains, what does Rip suddenly realize about his own appearance?
(a) He has a deep sunburn.
(b) His beard has grown a foot longer.
(c) His face is covered with wrinkles.
(d) His clothing is strangely worn and tattered.

3. On page 33, Rip complies with the stranger's request with "his usual alacrity." How does Rip comply?
(a) Cheerfully.
(b) Quickly.
(c) Absentmindedly.
(d) Lazily.

4. What is Rip's first worry when he wakes up on the mountainside in the morning?
(a) His wife is going to be very angry.
(b) He feels unusually sore and tired.
(c) His gun and dog are missing.
(d) He cannot remember the night before.

5. What does Rip keep hearing as he and the stranger climb up the mountainside?
(a) Something that sounds like thunder.
(b) Something that sounds like stampeding animals.
(c) The roar of a waterfall.
(d) A deep, booming laugh.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Rip spend time with his friends?

2. From the description of Rip's attitude to his farm, on page 30, what can be deduced about Rip?

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

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

5. 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?

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