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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The disclaimer at the beginning of the tales state the papers belonged to who?
(a) Brom Bones.
(b) Ichabod Crane.
(c) Diedrech Knickerbocker.
(d) Katrina Van Tassel.

2. How many years have passed between the actual story and the narrator's telling of it?
(a) Five years.
(b) Thirty years.
(c) Sixteen years.
(d) Twenty years.

3. When does the Headless Horseman make his runs through the village?
(a) At sunset.
(b) At daybreak.
(c) At night.
(d) At midnight.

4. Which character values Katrina more than a pipe?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Ichabod.
(c) Her father.
(d) Brom.

5. What does the author compare Ichabod to?
(a) A soldier.
(b) A squire.
(c) A knight.
(d) An explorer.

6. Which of the following do some residents believe bewitched the area?
(a) A sorcerer.
(b) A French ghost.
(c) A German doctor.
(d) A witch.

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

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

9. What is the cabin's construction compared to in the story?
(a) A slippery slope.
(b) A home.
(c) An eelpot.
(d) A crooked cabin.

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

11. What is the one adjective the author uses to describe Van Brunt?
(a) Brunt.
(b) Burly.
(c) Skinny.
(d) Calm.

12. What kind of horse is lent to Ichabod?
(a) A warrior horse.
(b) A plow horse.
(c) A steed.
(d) A racehorse.

13. In Ichabod's imagination, what does natural sights and sounds become as he walked home at night?
(a) Ghosts and phantasms.
(b) His imagination.
(c) Pranksters.
(d) Animals.

14. What is growing near the schoolhouse?
(a) A garden.
(b) Flowers.
(c) An oak tree.
(d) A birch tree.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does the homeowners of Sleepy Hollow hear singing psalms at night?

2. Whom does Ichabod hang out with when not in class?

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

4. What does Ichabod use often to discipline students?

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

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