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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. In the Postscript, the narrator mentions someone being "propitiated" (42). What does this mean?
(a) She was amused.
(b) She was angry.
(c) She was pleased.
(d) She was tired.

2. Who is "Dame" Van Winkle?
(a) Rip's daughter.
(b) Rip's wife.
(c) Rip's sister.
(d) Rip's mother.

3. What kind of relationship does Rip have with the village children?
(a) The children are frightened of Rip because he is always yelling at his son and daughter.
(b) He is a favorite of theirs because he plays with them and tells stories.
(c) He is a favorite of theirs because he steals apples from a nearby orchard for them.
(d) The children are frightened of Rip because of his habit of talking to himself.

4. Who else has allegedly seen the ghostly crew of bowlers in the Catskills?
(a) Diedrich Knickerbocker.
(b) Rip Van Winkle's son.
(c) Vanderdonk's father.
(d) Geoffrey Crayon.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Rip hurry over to the man he sees on the mountainside?

2. When Rip and the stranger enter the natural amphitheater, Rip sees several people doing what?

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

4. What is the name of the ghostly explorer that Vanderdonk says haunts the Catskills?

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

(see the answer key)

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