Reading - Rip Van Winkle / true or false
True or False Rip Van Winkle was an attentive dad at home.
False
True or False Dame Van Winkle was a loving mother and wife.
False
True or False Rip Van Winkle slept for 15 years.
False
True or False Rip Van Winkle's dog was named "Coyote."
False
True or False When Rip Van Winkle returns from the Mountains, nothing has changed.
False
True or False When asked whether he voted Federal or Democrat, he answers that he voted Democrat.
False
What caused Rip to pass out/fall asleep to begin with?
He drank too much liquor from the man's keg and passed out.
What did Rip Van Winkle do instead of working?
He liked to help other people and go fishing and hunting with his dog, wolf.
What did the man in the mountains need from Rip Van Winkle?
He needed Rip's help carrying a keg to the amphitheatre.
Who is able to identify Rip Van Winkle when he returns from the mountains?
His Daughter, Judith Gardinier.
What does Rip notice when he first wakes up?
His dog and gun are gone, and he is really stiff in the joints.
How does Rip's house look when he comes back from the mountains? What did his dog do?
His house is run down. Wolf was starved and he snarled at Rip.
What is the setting of the story?
Kaatskill Mountains by the Hudson River.
How did the whole village seem to Rip when he returned from sleep/the mountains?
Nothing looks familiar to him. He didn't recognize anyone at first and buildings were not the same buildings they once were.
What happened to Dame Van Winkle? How did he feel about this?
She died from a bursted blood vessel. Rip felt relieved about this news.
True or False Rip Van Winkle played nine-pins with some men on Kaatskill Mountain.
True
True or False Rip Van Winkle's son grew up just to be like his father.
True
True or False When Rip Van Winkle returned from the mountains, everyone thought he was a spy.
True
True or False Rip Van Winkle sleeps right through the American Revolution.
True.
Where does Rip Van Winkle live after he returns from the mountains?
With his daughter Judith and her husband.