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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. On page 28, the reader is told that the narrator of the main story is known for "scrupulous" accuracy. What kind of accuracy is this?
(a) Reckless and indifferent.
(b) Demanding and critical.
(c) Thorough and honest.
(d) Approximate and imperfect.

3. What is Rip's son's name?
(a) John.
(b) Rip.
(c) Dutch.
(d) Peter.

4. On page 29, the mountains are said to be "lording it over the surrounding country." This is an example of which literary technique?
(a) Hyperbole.
(b) Personification.
(c) Onomatopoeia.
(d) Synechdoche.

5. Where does Rip spend time with his friends?
(a) Inside the bar of a local hotel.
(b) Hunting in the woods.
(c) Fishing in the Hudson River.
(d) On a bench outside the village inn.

6. What evidence does the frame narrator give that the main story's narrator is still well-liked?
(a) There is a street in New York named after him.
(b) His picture is stamped onto new year's cakes.
(c) There is a children's rope-skipping rhyme about him.
(d) His portrait is hung in many local schools.

7. Which nation controls New York at the time when Rip and the village are introduced to the reader?
(a) The United States.
(b) Holland.
(c) Sweden.
(d) Great Britain.

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

9. After he can no longer spend time with his friends, where does Rip start going to spend time away from his home and farm?
(a) The seashore.
(b) The barn.
(c) The woods.
(d) The river.

10. When on page 31, the narrator says of Rip that he will "eat white bread or brown," how is Rip being characterized?
(a) He is unaware of what he is eating.
(b) He only likes two kinds of bread.
(c) He overeats.
(d) He is easy to please.

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

12. Where is the village that Rip lives in?
(a) At the foot of the Catskill Mountains.
(b) At the foot of the Appalachian Mountains.
(c) On the Atlantic coast.
(d) On the island of Manhattan.

13. Who is "Dame" Van Winkle?
(a) Rip's daughter.
(b) Rip's wife.
(c) Rip's sister.
(d) Rip's mother.

14. 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) Alliteration.
(b) Understatement.
(c) Metaphor.
(d) Simile.

15. How does Rip's wife treat his dog?
(a) She treats the dog better than anyone else in the family.
(b) She insists that the dog stay outside and earn its keep on the farm.
(c) She ignores the dog completely.
(d) She treats the dog the same way she treats Rip.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Rip's dog's name?

2. On page 30, the reader learns that Rip is "obsequious" and his wife is a "termagant." What can accurately be said about their relationship?

3. In the epigraph from Cartwright's play, to whom does the speaker swear that he will be honest?

4. Who is Derrick Van Brummel?

5. Why does Rip stop spending time with his friends?

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