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

2. Why does Rip stop spending time with his friends?
(a) His wife tells him he cannot spend time with them anymore.
(b) His wife yells at them constantly.
(c) His friends decide that he is too lazy to be friends with.
(d) His friends move away to a bigger town.

3. What causes Rip to first understand what a long time he has been away from the village?
(a) When he realizes that he does not recognize anyone.
(b) The death of Dame Van Winkle.
(c) The changes in the village's buildings.
(d) When the crowd tells him where all of his friends have gone.

4. Why does the crowd ask Peter Vanderdonk for his opinion of Rip's story?
(a) He is very old and the descendant of a famous historian.
(b) He is the newly-elected mayor.
(c) He is the richest and most important man in town.
(d) He is the man in the cocked hat.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Rip spend time with his friends?

2. Who is the owner of the Union Hotel?

3. On page 29, the setting sun causes something to light up and glow "like a crown of glory." This is an example of what literary technique?

4. What does Rip do with most of his time in his elder years?

5. How does Irving characterize Rip's son?

(see the answer key)

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