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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3: Page 37-Postscript.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Rip hurry over to the man he sees on the mountainside?
(a) The man calls to him that he needs some help.
(b) He thinks it is a neighbor who needs his help.
(c) The man seems to be about to drop his burden.
(d) Wolf's reaction makes him curious to get a closer look.

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

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

4. How does Irving characterize Rip's son?
(a) He is hard-working and ambitious.
(b) He is exactly like his mother.
(c) He is exactly like Rip.
(d) He is clever but lazy.

5. When Rip is tired from hunting, he lies down on a knoll. What is he lying on?
(a) A fallen tree.
(b) A rounded depression.
(c) A flat spot.
(d) A small hill.

Short Answer Questions

1. When on page 31, the narrator refers to Rip's wife's nagging as a "torrent of household eloquence," what tone is created?

2. How does Rip end up drinking some of the men's strange liquor?

3. What has replaced the tree that once stood outside the village inn?

4. How does Wolf react to the stranger on the mountainside?

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

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