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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. When Rip learns what has happened to his wife in his absence, how does he feel?
(a) Grief-stricken.
(b) Relieved.
(c) Furious.
(d) Amused.

2. What does Rip keep hearing as he and the stranger climb up the mountainside?
(a) A deep, booming laugh.
(b) Something that sounds like stampeding animals.
(c) The roar of a waterfall.
(d) Something that sounds like thunder.

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

4. What makes Rip's infant grandchild begin to cry?
(a) The crowd is large and seems angry.
(b) It is his usual time for lunch and a nap.
(c) His mother scolds him.
(d) He is frightened by Rip's appearance.

5. When, on page 37, Rip meets "a knowing, self-important old gentleman, in a sharp cocked hat," what is the reader meant to infer from the description of the hat?
(a) The man has something to do with the revolution.
(b) The man is from one of the old Dutch families.
(c) The man is another supernatural figure.
(d) The man is one of the political candidates up for election.

Short Answer Questions

1. The men on the mountainside have "uncouth, lack lustre countenances" (34). What does this mean is true about the men?

2. 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?

3. On page 29, the setting sun causes something to light up and glow "like a crown of glory." This is an example of what literary technique?

4. What makes Rip feel like he has more liberty than he had as a younger man?

5. How does Rip's wife treat his dog?

(see the answer key)

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