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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 wakes in the morning on the mountainside, what does he think has happened to his gun?
(a) He thinks that the strange men are playing some kind of joke.
(b) He thinks that he might have dropped it in the woods.
(c) He thinks that the strange men have stolen it.
(d) He thinks that he must have left it in the amphitheater.

2. Rip is surprised by the "singularity" of the stranger's appearance (36). What kind of appearance is this?
(a) Unique.
(b) Frightening.
(c) Funny.
(d) Neat.

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?
(a) Metaphor.
(b) Understatement.
(c) Alliteration.
(d) Simile.

4. What happens to Rip as a result of drinking the strangers' liquor?
(a) He falls asleep.
(b) They chase him away.
(c) He gets lost in the woods.
(d) He can suddenly hear them talking.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. After he can no longer spend time with his friends, where does Rip start going to spend time away from his home and farm?

2. What are the "flagons" that the men on the mountainside have (34)?

3. How does Irving characterize Rip's son?

4. When he is resting on the mountainside, what sound alerts Rip that someone is nearby?

5. On page 30, the reader is told that Rip has an "insuperable aversion to all kinds of profitable labour." What does this mean is true about him?

(see the answer key)

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