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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Van Brunt is known in Sleepy Hollow for being what?
(a) Sleeping.
(b) Hurting others.
(c) Stealing.
(d) Fit and fun.

2. What does Ichabod take a long time doing before going to the Van Tassel event?
(a) He cuts his hair.
(b) He takes great care in his appearance.
(c) He washes his horse.
(d) He eats a big meal.

3. Who does Katrina whirl around and dance with?
(a) Brom.
(b) Ichabod.
(c) A teenager.
(d) Her father.

4. What does Ichabod's horse do when he tries to cross the stream's bridge?
(a) It moves backward.
(b) It moves around in circles.
(c) It moves ahead.
(d) The animal resists.

5. According to the narrator, this region of Sleepy Hollow "breathed forth" what kind of atmosphere?
(a) Dreams and fancies.
(b) Grave.
(c) Historic.
(d) Humor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Baltus Van Tassel do to support his family?

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

3. Who lends Ichabod a horse on the night of the Van Tassel event?

4. How old is Katrina Van Tassel?

5. How many years have passed between the actual story and the narrator's telling of it?

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