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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the narrator describe the farmers' wives at Van Tassel's party?
(a) Wives of farmers.
(b) Welcomed grande dames.
(c) Warm women full of wisdom.
(d) Withered little dames.

2. What is Gunpowder found doing the day after the Van Tassel's party?
(a) Grazing.
(b) Galloping.
(c) Whining.
(d) Sleeping.

3. What is Katrina known to have the prettiest of in all the countryside?
(a) Hair.
(b) Hands.
(c) Foot and ankle.
(d) Face.

4. What does the narrator compare Ichabod's pliability and perseverance to?
(a) A wilting flower.
(b) A birch tree.
(c) A supple jack.
(d) A thick rope.

5. What animal does Ichabod resemble as he sits astride the horse with his angled limbs protruding awkwardly?
(a) A snake.
(b) A bird.
(c) A bear.
(d) A tiger.

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator refers to Ichabod as a what?

2. What other name is The Headless Horseman called?

3. Which character's home is "bursting forth with the treasures of the farm"?

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

5. Whom does Ichabod spend most of his evenings with and listen to regional tales of the marvelous and unexplainable?

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