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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Summary.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Brom Bones's dog do when Ichabod sings?
(a) Howls.
(b) Growls.
(c) Whines.
(d) Eats.

2. Whom does Ichabod spend most of his evenings with and listen to regional tales of the marvelous and unexplainable?
(a) Students.
(b) Farmers.
(c) Dutch wives.
(d) Dutch husbands.

3. How does the author describe Brom Van Brunt?
(a) Curly blonde hair and skinny shoulders.
(b) Straight hair and narrow shoulders.
(c) Bald and medium build.
(d) Curly dark hair and broad shoulders.

4. How many years have passed between the actual story and the narrator's telling of it?
(a) Sixteen years.
(b) Twenty years.
(c) Thirty years.
(d) Five years.

5. What does Baltus Van Tassel do to support his family?
(a) A big productive farm.
(b) A profitable general store.
(c) A doctor.
(d) A big inn.

Short Answer Questions

1. What other topic does Ichabod show great interest in learning?

2. What day does the narrator find Sleepy Hollow?

3. What does Ichabod's physical features mimic?

4. What other name is The Headless Horseman called?

5. The disclaimer at the beginning of the tales state the papers belonged to who?

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