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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 page 33, Rip complies with the stranger's request with "his usual alacrity." How does Rip comply?
(a) Lazily.
(b) Absentmindedly.
(c) Cheerfully.
(d) Quickly.

2. On page 29, the narrator says that a person might have "descried" the smoke from the village. What does this mean a person might have done?
(a) Complained about it.
(b) Explained its details.
(c) Seen it.
(d) Been puzzled by it.

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

4. How does Rip end up drinking some of the men's strange liquor?
(a) The men gather around him and force him to drink.
(b) He mistakes it for water.
(c) The man he arrived with pours him a cup.
(d) He sneaks it when they are not looking.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Rip as a result of drinking the strangers' liquor?

2. Where does Rip spend time with his friends?

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?

4. When Rip is tired from hunting, he lies down on a knoll. What is he lying on?

5. When Rip wakes in the morning on the mountainside, what does he think has happened to his gun?

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