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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of Brom Bones's horse?
(a) Midnight.
(b) Tiger.
(c) Gunpowder.
(d) Daredevil.

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

3. What is one force greater than the Devil that was to be feared?
(a) Woman.
(b) Animals.
(c) Satan.
(d) Brom Bones.

4. Several stories speak of sightings and abduction of whom?
(a) Katrina.
(b) Brom Bones.
(c) Major Andre.
(d) A wounded soldier.

5. What is the name of the neighboring town described after the poem at the beginning of the story?
(a) Sleepy Hollow.
(b) Buffalo.
(c) Tarry Town.
(d) New York City.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Ichabod live for weeks at a time?

2. How does Ichabod endear himself to mothers?

3. According to the legend, where does the Headless Horseman appear each night?

4. What is the horse known to do when around a horse of the opposite sex?

5. What is impressive about the Van Tassel's home?

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