Rip Van Winkle

Multiple Choice

1. Which of the following statements best describes the structure of paragraphs 1-5?

• A. detailed imagery of the natural landscape of Rip's village.

• B. lively dialogue between the villagers as they gawk at Rip's appearance.

• C. internal dialogue in which Rip asks himself questions and answers them

• D. description of what Rip remembers contrasted with description of his current reality.

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2. Select two phrases that illustrate how the author creates a sense of mystery surrounding the amount of time since Rip has been away from home.

• A. describing Rip's gray beard

• B. describing Rip's fondness for the hills.

• C.

  describing Rip's recognition of the Hudson River,

• D. describing the decay if Rip's roof, windows, and door

• E. describing Rip's recognition of the Kaatskill mountains

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3. Read the sentence below from paragraph 5.

   There was a busy, bustling, disputatious tone about it, instead of the accustomed phlegm and drowsy tranquility.

4. Which statement below best states why the author may have included this sentence?

• A. It introduces the political nature of a vocal stranger.

• B. It illustrates the welcoming environment that the village now represents to Rip.

• It reinforces the notion that Rip's rushing to his village has been expected by the villagers.

• It emphasizes Rip's confusion by contrasting his present perception of the village with his memories.

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5. Read the sentence from paragraph 1.

   Surely this was his native village, which he had left but the day before. There stood the Kaatskill mountains, there ran the silver Hudson at a distance, there was every hill and dale precisely as it had always been--Rip was sorely perplexed.

   Which statements best explains why the author might have included these sentences?

• to detail Rip's perception of the effects of Revolutionary War on the village.

• to illustrate how much Rip has missed his village in the twenty years he has been gone

• to depict how Rip's love of the mountains and river where he grew up has changed

• to explain how Rip knew he was in the same place he remembers from twenty years ago

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6. Part A

   How does the author create the effect of confusion in paragraph 5?

• by specifying the names over each door in the village

• by describing the village that was once familiar to Rip

• by conveying the apparent distaste for his out-of-date clothing

• by including the detain of the dog Rip recognizes from the past

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Part B

Which detail from paragraph 1supports the answer to Part A?

• A. A troop of strange children ran at his heels, hooting after him and pointing at his gray beard.

• B. The dogs, too, not one of which he recognized for an old acquaintance,

  barked at him as he passed.

• C. There were rows of houses which he had never seen before, and those which had been his familiar haunts had disapeared.

• D. That flagon last night, thought he, has addled my poor head sadly!

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7. How does the author use the description of the sign of King George in paragraph 4 to create a mysterious effect?

• A. by indicating a hero for Rip to reference for hope in the new world in which he finds himself.

• B. by foreshadowing the loss of power and influence Rip experiences at the end of the passage.

• C. by providing clues of the drastic political changes that have happened since Rip was last awake.

• D. by introducing a humorous element to contrast with the confusion Rip feels in the previous paragraph.

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8. Choose a phrase to complete each blank about the central idea of the text and how it is developed in the passage.

   A central idea of the text is (CHOICE 1)

• the influence of change on the familiarity of the past

• the relevance of family relationships

• the importance of historic building preservation

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10. Read the paragraph 2 below.

    It was with some difficulty that he found the way to his own house, which he approached with silent awe, expecting every moment to hear the shrill voice of Dame Van Winkle. He found the house gone to decay-the roof fallen in, the windows shattered, and the doors off the hinges. A half-starved dog that looked like Wolf was skulking about it. Rip called him by name, but the cur snarled, showed his teeth, and passed on. This was an unkind cut indeed--My very dog, sighed poor Rip, has forgotten me!

    Which phrase below could replace the phrase unkind cut as it is used in the paragraph?

• piercing anger

• cruel memory

• hurtful insight

• irritating reality