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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. What happens to Rip as a result of drinking the strangers' liquor?
(a) They chase him away.
(b) He can suddenly hear them talking.
(c) He falls asleep.
(d) He gets lost in the woods.

2. When he is resting on the mountainside, what sound alerts Rip that someone is nearby?
(a) He hears someone singing.
(b) He hears someone struggling with a heavy load.
(c) He hears someone calling his name.
(d) He hears his dog barking at someone.

3. How might Rip's house be described?
(a) Filthy.
(b) Expensive.
(c) Inviting.
(d) Run-down.

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

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 covered with splinters of wood from a keg.
(b) It is now a mountain stream.
(c) It is marked with several colors of dark paint.
(d) It is now a dense forest.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Rip starts up the mountainside and finds his joints stiff and notices that he is not feeling as athletic as usual, what does he think is the cause?

2. What evidence does the frame narrator give that the main story's narrator is still well-liked?

3. Who is Derrick Van Brummel?

4. On his way home from the mountains, what does Rip suddenly realize about his own appearance?

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

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