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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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 easy to please.
(b) He is unaware of what he is eating.
(c) He overeats.
(d) He only likes two kinds of bread.

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

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

5. 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) The children are frightened of Rip because of his habit of talking to himself.
(c) He is a favorite of theirs because he plays with them and tells stories.
(d) He is a favorite of theirs because he steals apples from a nearby orchard for them.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 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?

3. Who is Peter Stuyvesant?

4. 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?

5. Where does Rip spend time with his friends?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the condition of Rip's home and farm.

2. Explain the relationship of Washington Irving, Diedrich Knickerbocker, and Geoffrey Crayon.

3. Explain what the frame narrative says about the historian who recorded Rip's story--where does his work come from, and how reliable is it?

4. Describe how Rip's relationship with the dog contrasts with his wife's relationship with the dog.

5. Describe the condition of Rip's children.

6. What relationship does Rip have with the village children, and how does it characterize him?

7. How is the setting of the Catskills described?

8. What do Rip and his friends do when they gather together outside the village inn, and how does this characterize Rip?

9. Describe the relationship between Rip and his wife.

10. Describe the contents of the story's epigraph and tell how this relates to the frame narrative.

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