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

2. What is true of Rip's children in the beginning of the story?
(a) They refuse to speak to him.
(b) They are somewhat neglected.
(c) They are dangerously unsupervised.
(d) They are much more like their mother than like Rip.

3. What evidence does the frame narrator give that the main story's narrator is still well-liked?
(a) There is a children's rope-skipping rhyme about him.
(b) His portrait is hung in many local schools.
(c) There is a street in New York named after him.
(d) His picture is stamped onto new year's cakes.

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

5. When Rip is tired from hunting, he lies down on a knoll. What is he lying on?
(a) A fallen tree.
(b) A flat spot.
(c) A small hill.
(d) A rounded depression.

Short Answer Questions

1. On page 30, the reader learns that Rip is "obsequious" and his wife is a "termagant." What can accurately be said about their relationship?

2. How does Wolf react to the stranger on the mountainside?

3. When Rip wakes in the morning on the mountainside, what does he think has happened to his gun?

4. When Rip nears the amphitheater where the group of men were on the night before, what does he notice?

5. Who is Derrick Van Brummel?

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