View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3: Page 37-Postscript.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which nation controls New York at the time when Rip and the village are introduced to the reader?
(a) Sweden.
(b) The United States.
(c) Holland.
(d) Great Britain.

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

3. Who does Judith Gardenier turn out to be?
(a) Dame Van Winkle, remarried.
(b) The wife of his old neighbor.
(c) Rip's daughter-in-law.
(d) Rip's daughter.

4. What causes Rip to recognize Judith Gardenier?
(a) She reminds him of the last time they saw one another.
(b) The ring on her finger.
(c) She is wearing a dress that he remembers.
(d) The name of her baby and the sound of her voice.

5. In the Postscript, the narrator mentions someone being "propitiated" (42). What does this mean?
(a) She was pleased.
(b) She was tired.
(c) She was amused.
(d) She was angry.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Peter Stuyvesant?

2. What is the stranger on the mountainside carrying?

3. What are the "flagons" that the men on the mountainside have (34)?

4. 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?

5. How might Rip's house be described?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 261 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample