Rip Van Winkle and Other Stories Study Guide

1. What does Crayon believe England might regret when America is more powerful?

• Not crushing America when it had the chance
• So much negative writing about America
• Overextending itself by having so many colonies
• Assuming America will always be weak

2. With whom does Crayon travel for most of the book?

• Rip Van Winkle
• Diedrich Knickerbocker
• Frank Bracebridge
• No one

3. Which of the following does Crayon not describe visiting?

• Shakespeare’s apartment in London
• The property where Shakespeare hunted deer illegally
• Shakespeare's tomb
• The house where Shakespeare grew up

4. What does Crayon think is better suited to England than to America?

• Traveling
• Fishing
• Hunting
• Landscape painting

5. Who is not killed by the settlers?

• Canonchet
• Alexander
• Massasoit
• King Philip

6. What is the one-legged man especially skilled at?

• Story telling
• Fishing
• Carving
• Tap dancing

7. Where does Crayon revisit the scene of James I of Scotland’s captivity?

• Windsor Castle
• Versailles
• The Tower of London
• Scotland

8. Who ends up in Congress in “Rip Van Winkle”?

• Rip Van Winkle
• Nicholaus Vedder
• Dame Van Winkle
• Derrick Van Bummel

9. Who does Crayon say are the best and worst travelers in the world?

• The Canadians
• The Americans
• The English
• The French

10. What is Rip Van Winkle’s main flaw?

• He is rude to his wife
• He is unable to do any profitable labor
• He is annoyed by children
• He spends money irresponsibly