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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. What do Brom Bones and Ichabod Crane have in common?
(a) They both want to marry Katrina.
(b) They both want to buy a house.
(c) They both want to defeat the Headless Horseman.
(d) They both hunt.

3. Which story dominates the conversation between the men the night of the Van Tassel feast?
(a) The story of the Revolutionary War.
(b) The story of the Hollow's ancestors.
(c) The story of the first Dutch settlers.
(d) The legend of the Headless Horseman.

4. What does Ichabod Crane do for a living?
(a) He's a mechanic.
(b) He's a preacher.
(c) He's a doctor.
(d) He's a school teacher.

5. What river is Sleepy Hollow beside?
(a) The Hudson River.
(b) The New York River.
(c) The Mississippi River.
(d) The Styxx River.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the narrator doing the day he happens upon Sleepy Hollow?

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

3. What does Brom Bones's dog do when Ichabod sings?

4. What does Brom's horse say about him?

5. In Ichabod's imagination, what does natural sights and sounds become as he walked home at night?

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