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

2. On page 29, the narrator says that a person might have "descried" the smoke from the village. What does this mean a person might have done?
(a) Seen it.
(b) Complained about it.
(c) Explained its details.
(d) Been puzzled by it.

3. When Rip learns what has happened to his wife in his absence, how does he feel?
(a) Relieved.
(b) Grief-stricken.
(c) Furious.
(d) Amused.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. On page 35, Rip is "tempted to repeat the draught." How is the word "draught" pronounced?

4. What makes Rip feel like he has more liberty than he had as a younger man?

5. Where do the notes in the Postscript allegedly come from?

(see the answer key)

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