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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. Who is the author of "Rip Van Winkle"?
(a) Washington Irving.
(b) James Fenimore Cooper.
(c) Geoffrey Crayon.
(d) Diedrich Knickerbocker.

2. When Rip breaks down over seeing his son, what does the crowd begin to think?
(a) He really is who he says he is.
(b) He is lying.
(c) He is playing a prank.
(d) He is mentally ill.

3. What is Rip's first worry when he wakes up on the mountainside in the morning?
(a) His wife is going to be very angry.
(b) His gun and dog are missing.
(c) He feels unusually sore and tired.
(d) He cannot remember the night before.

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

5. When Rip realizes that his house has been abandoned, where is the next place he goes?
(a) His in-laws' house.
(b) The village school.
(c) The village inn.
(d) The parsonage.

Short Answer Questions

1. What makes Rip's infant grandchild begin to cry?

2. How might Rip's house be described?

3. What does Rip do while he is resting on the mountainside?

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

5. What is Rip's son's name?

(see the answer key)

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