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

2. What is Diedrich Knickerbocker's profession?
(a) Governor.
(b) Writer of novels.
(c) Historian.
(d) Farmer.

3. Where does Rip go to live after he returns to the village?
(a) At his daughter's house.
(b) At his son's house.
(c) At his former home.
(d) At the Union Hotel.

4. 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?
(a) Sad.
(b) Angry.
(c) Confused.
(d) Surprised.

5. Who is Peter Stuyvesant?
(a) Rip's neighbor.
(b) The owner of the village inn.
(c) The village schoolmaster.
(d) A former governor of New York.

Short Answer Questions

1. What causes Rip to finally start for home after he realizes that he will not be able to find the strange men again?

2. Why does the crowd ask Peter Vanderdonk for his opinion of Rip's story?

3. When Rip sees a dog that looks like Wolf outside of his old house, how does the dog behave?

4. Where does Rip find himself on the morning after meeting the strangers on the mountain?

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

(see the answer key)

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