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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2: Pages 33-36.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On his way home from the mountains, what does Rip suddenly realize about his own appearance?
(a) His face is covered with wrinkles.
(b) His clothing is strangely worn and tattered.
(c) His beard has grown a foot longer.
(d) He has a deep sunburn.

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

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

4. What is Rip's first worry when he wakes up on the mountainside in the morning?
(a) He cannot remember the night before.
(b) His wife is going to be very angry.
(c) His gun and dog are missing.
(d) He feels unusually sore and tired.

5. When Rip finds the path that he and the strange man took on the night before, what surprising change has happened?
(a) It is marked with several colors of dark paint.
(b) It is now a mountain stream.
(c) It is now a dense forest.
(d) It is covered with splinters of wood from a keg.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Diedrich Knickerbocker's profession?

2. What does the man that Rip traveled up the mountainside with want Rip to do once they reach the other men?

3. Where does Rip spend time with his friends?

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

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

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