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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The men's conversation at the party move from one type of stories to what kind of stories?
(a) Fishing stories.
(b) Love stories.
(c) Ghost stories.
(d) Hunting stories.

2. What are the animals doing as Ichabod makes his way from his schoolhouse to the Van Tassel home?
(a) Chasing the horse.
(b) Scurrying to gather food for the winter.
(c) Howling.
(d) Eating.

3. What does Ichabod do to the students the evening of the Van Tassel event?
(a) He tutors them.
(b) He gives them extra homework.
(c) He disciplines them.
(d) He sends his students home early.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the legend, how does the Headless Horseman lose his head?

2. What other name is The Headless Horseman called?

3. Which character values Katrina more than a pipe?

4. What is one thing Brom Bones does to Ichabod to try to get him to stop seeking Katrina's hand in marriage?

5. What river is Sleepy Hollow beside?

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