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

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

3. 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) Demanding and critical.
(b) Reckless and indifferent.
(c) Thorough and honest.
(d) Approximate and imperfect.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. From the description of Rip's attitude to his farm, on page 30, what can be deduced about Rip?

2. How might Rip's house be described?

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. Where does Rip spend time with his friends?

5. What kind of relationship does Rip have with the village children?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Describe the relationship between Rip and his wife.

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

8. 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?

9. How is the setting of the Catskills described?

10. Describe the condition of Rip's children.

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