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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3: Page 37-Postscript.
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 are standing unnaturally still.
(b) They look like many copies of the same person.
(c) They look like Dutchmen from long ago.
(d) They look like European royalty.
2. From the description of Rip's attitude to his farm, on page 30, what can be deduced about Rip?
(a) He likes to make excuses instead of taking care of his responsibilities.
(b) He is devoted to his home and family.
(c) His attitude toward his own family is similar to his attitude toward the villagers.
(d) His farm is envied by many of his neighbors.
3. What does Rip keep hearing as he and the stranger climb up the mountainside?
(a) Something that sounds like stampeding animals.
(b) The roar of a waterfall.
(c) Something that sounds like thunder.
(d) A deep, booming laugh.
4. What does the man that Rip traveled up the mountainside with want Rip to do once they reach the other men?
(a) Play a game with them.
(b) Let them paint his picture.
(c) Leave.
(d) Serve them alcohol.
5. 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 river.
(b) The seashore.
(c) The barn.
(d) The woods.
Short Answer Questions
1. When Rip and the stranger enter the natural amphitheater, Rip sees several people doing what?
2. What is Rip's first worry when he wakes up on the mountainside in the morning?
3. On page 29, the narrator says that a person might have "descried" the smoke from the village. What does this mean a person might have done?
4. Under what pseudonym was "Rip Van Winkle" published?
5. Everything that happens to Rip on the morning after he meets the strangers on the mountain makes him feel "perplexities" (36). What does this mean that is Rip feeling?
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