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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What is Ichabod's focus from the moment he visits the Van Tassel's home?
(a) To steal the Van Tassel's farm.
(b) To win Katrina's hand in marriage.
(c) To sing in front of Katrina.
(d) To defeat the Headless Horseman.

4. What is Ichabod's favorite thing to do?
(a) Eat.
(b) Read.
(c) Dance.
(d) Sing.

5. What does Brom's horse say about him?
(a) He takes chances.
(b) He is a devil.
(c) He is mischievous.
(d) He is Satan.

6. Whom does Ichabod spend most of his evenings with and listen to regional tales of the marvelous and unexplainable?
(a) Dutch wives.
(b) Farmers.
(c) Students.
(d) Dutch husbands.

7. According to the legend, how does the Headless Horseman lose his head?
(a) He is beheaded by a dagger.
(b) He is beheaded by an ax.
(c) He is beheaded by a sword.
(d) He is beheaded by a cannon.

8. Where is Ichabod originally from?
(a) Maryland.
(b) Connecticut.
(c) New York City.
(d) Virgina.

9. What does the author refer to Van Tassel's home as?
(a) A home.
(b) An estate.
(c) A palace.
(d) A castle.

10. What does Baltus Van Tassel do to support his family?
(a) A big inn.
(b) A profitable general store.
(c) A big productive farm.
(d) A doctor.

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

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

13. How does the author describe Brom Van Brunt?
(a) Bald and medium build.
(b) Curly dark hair and broad shoulders.
(c) Curly blonde hair and skinny shoulders.
(d) Straight hair and narrow shoulders.

14. What other topic does Ichabod show great interest in learning?
(a) The occult.
(b) The facts about Sleepy Hollow.
(c) The Bible.
(d) The geography of New York State.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the Horseman stop pursuits?

2. What are the animals doing as Ichabod makes his way from his schoolhouse to the Van Tassel home?

3. What does Ichabod's horse do when he tries to cross the stream's bridge?

4. What color are Ichabod's eyes?

5. What is the cabin's construction compared to in the story?

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