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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Ichabod live for weeks at a time?
(a) At the church.
(b) At his students' home.
(c) At a castle.
(d) At an inn.

2. What is the time period of the story?
(a) 1776.
(b) 1889.
(c) 1701.
(d) 1789.

3. Who lends Ichabod a horse on the night of the Van Tassel event?
(a) A neighboring farmer.
(b) Katrina.
(c) A student's mother.
(d) A soldier.

4. Which character's home is "bursting forth with the treasures of the farm"?
(a) Van Tassel's.
(b) Ichabod's.
(c) Brom's.
(d) Smith.

5. What does Ichabod hope to gain from Katrina?
(a) Marriage and wealth.
(b) Marriage and limitless food.
(c) Marriage and a new home.
(d) Marriage and lots of children.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the neighboring town described after the poem at the beginning of the story?

2. What is one force greater than the Devil that was to be feared?

3. How does Brom Bones want to settle the dispute for Katrina's hand in marriage?

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

5. What does the author refer to Van Tassel's home as?

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