2. In the frame narrative, the reader is told that the main story's narrator gets his information from the wives of the "burghers" (28). Whose wives are these?
(a) The wives of local indigenous leaders.
(b) The wives of political officials.
(c) The wives of country farmers.
(d) The wives of prominent Dutch colonists.

3. Why does Rip stop spending time with his friends?
(a) His friends move away to a bigger town.
(b) His friends decide that he is too lazy to be friends with.
(c) His wife yells at them constantly.
(d) His wife tells him he cannot spend time with them anymore.

4. 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 island of Manhattan.
(d) On the Atlantic coast.

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

6. 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 river.
(c) The woods.
(d) The barn.

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

8. 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) Been puzzled by it.
(b) Explained its details.
(c) Seen it.
(d) Complained about it.

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

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

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

12. 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?
(a) He is eager to work at anything that will help himself, but he does not like to help others.
(b) He is simply lazy.
(c) He is physically unable to do heavy labor.
(d) He hates working hard for his own material comfort and financial security.

13. In the epigraph from Cartwright's play, to whom does the speaker swear that he will be honest?
(a) The Saxon god, Woden.
(b) The Celtic god, Alator.
(c) The Norse god, Odin.
(d) The Christian God.

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

15. From the description of Rip's attitude to his farm, on page 30, what can be deduced about Rip?
(a) He likes to make excuses instead of taking care of his responsibilities.
(b) He is devoted to his home and family.
(c) His farm is envied by many of his neighbors.
(d) His attitude toward his own family is similar to his attitude toward the villagers.