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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. In the frame narrative, the reader is told that the main story's narrator gets his information from the wives of the "burghers" (28). Whose wives are these?
(a) The wives of local indigenous leaders.
(b) The wives of political officials.
(c) The wives of country farmers.
(d) The wives of prominent Dutch colonists.

2. 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 sneaks it when they are not looking.
(c) He mistakes it for water.
(d) The man he arrived with pours him a cup.

3. Where is the village that Rip lives in?
(a) At the foot of the Appalachian Mountains.
(b) At the foot of the Catskill Mountains.
(c) On the island of Manhattan.
(d) On the Atlantic coast.

4. Who is the owner of the Union Hotel?
(a) Nicholaus Vedder.
(b) Van Brummel.
(c) Hendrick Hudson.
(d) Jonathan Doolittle.

5. How does Rip's wife treat his dog?
(a) She ignores the dog completely.
(b) She insists that the dog stay outside and earn its keep on the farm.
(c) She treats the dog better than anyone else in the family.
(d) She treats the dog the same way she treats Rip.

Short Answer Questions

1. When he is resting on the mountainside, what sound alerts Rip that someone is nearby?

2. What is true of Rip's children in the beginning of the story?

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

4. What does Rip do while he is resting on the mountainside?

5. Who is Peter Stuyvesant?

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