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

2. When on page 31, the narrator says of Rip that he will "eat white bread or brown," how is Rip being characterized?
(a) He only likes two kinds of bread.
(b) He is easy to please.
(c) He overeats.
(d) He is unaware of what he is eating.

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

4. When Rip and the stranger enter the natural amphitheater, Rip sees several people doing what?
(a) Painting.
(b) Drinking.
(c) Gambling.
(d) Bowling.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the man that Rip traveled up the mountainside with want Rip to do once they reach the other men?

2. On page 29, the mountains are said to be "lording it over the surrounding country." This is an example of which literary technique?

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

4. Who is the author of "Rip Van Winkle"?

5. When he is resting on the mountainside, what sound alerts Rip that someone is nearby?

(see the answer key)

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