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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Diedrich Knickerbocker's profession?
(a) Governor.
(b) Farmer.
(c) Writer of novels.
(d) Historian.

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

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

4. What is true of Rip's children in the beginning of the story?
(a) They refuse to speak to him.
(b) They are dangerously unsupervised.
(c) They are much more like their mother than like Rip.
(d) They are somewhat neglected.

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

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

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

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

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

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

11. Who is Derrick Van Brummel?
(a) The mayor.
(b) The owner of the village inn.
(c) The owner of a local hotel.
(d) The schoolmaster.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Rip's wife treat his dog?

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?

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

4. 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?

5. What is Rip's son's name?

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