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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 do Rip and the stranger climb up on their way up the mountainside?
(a) A rocky cliff.
(b) The dry bed of a stream.
(c) A pathway left by loggers.
(d) A long, muddy slope.

2. The men on the mountainside have "uncouth, lack lustre countenances" (34). What does this mean is true about the men?
(a) Their clothing is sloppy and dull.
(b) Their voices are flat and they seem unhappy.
(c) They are dressed like children even though they are old.
(d) Their faces look blank and they seem rude.

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

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

5. What is Rip's dog's name?
(a) Bear.
(b) Dutch.
(c) Wolf.
(d) Dog.

Short Answer Questions

1. When on page 31, the narrator says of Rip that he will "eat white bread or brown," how is Rip being characterized?

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

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

4. How might Rip's house be described?

5. On page 30, the reader learns that Rip is "obsequious" and his wife is a "termagant." What can accurately be said about their relationship?

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