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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. 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?
(a) The wives of prominent Dutch colonists.
(b) The wives of political officials.
(c) The wives of local indigenous leaders.
(d) The wives of country farmers.

2. What are the "flagons" that the men on the mountainside have (34)?
(a) Cups.
(b) Old-fashioned hats.
(c) Dice.
(d) Weapons.

3. Where does Rip find himself on the morning after meeting the strangers on the mountain?
(a) In the natural "amphitheater."
(b) Lost in the woods on the mountainside.
(c) Next to the Hudson River.
(d) Back at the spot where he met the first man coming up the mountain.

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

5. Which nation controls New York at the time when Rip and the village are introduced to the reader?
(a) Sweden.
(b) Holland.
(c) Great Britain.
(d) The United States.

Short Answer Questions

1. The men on the mountainside have "uncouth, lack lustre countenances" (34). What does this mean is true about the men?

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. When Rip finds the path that he and the strange man took on the night before, what surprising change has happened?

5. From the reference to the painting in the parsonage, what can the reader deduce about the men that Rip meets in the mountains?

(see the answer key)

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