1. What is the stranger on the mountainside carrying?
(a) An antique gun and the carcass of a deer.
(b) Equipment for camping in the mountains.
(c) A keg of alcohol.
(d) A bowling ball and pins.

2. What is Rip's dog's name?
(a) Wolf.
(b) Bear.
(c) Dutch.
(d) Dog.

3. How does the crowd react when Rip declares his loyalty to King George?
(a) They laugh and point at Rip.
(b) They are puzzled and concerned for Rip.
(c) They fall silent and watch Rip.
(d) They are upset and suspicious of Rip.

4. Who is Peter Stuyvesant?
(a) The owner of the village inn.
(b) Rip's neighbor.
(c) The village schoolmaster.
(d) A former governor of New York.

5. 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 playing a prank.
(c) He is lying.
(d) He is mentally ill.

Short Answer Questions

1. When, on page 37, Rip meets "a knowing, self-important old gentleman, in a sharp cocked hat," what is the reader meant to infer from the description of the hat?

2. When on page 31, the narrator says of Rip that he will "eat white bread or brown," how is Rip being characterized?

3. What has replaced the tree that once stood outside the village inn?

4. When Rip is tired from hunting, he lies down on a knoll. What is he lying on?

5. When Rip finds the path that he and the strange man took on the night before, what surprising change has happened?

(see the answer key)

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