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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Neighbors usually dismiss the antics and disturbances of whom?
(a) Brom Van Brunt.
(b) Katrina Van Tassel.
(c) Ichabod Crane.
(d) Students.

2. Who is the woman of interest in this tale?
(a) Emily Shoemaker.
(b) Katrina Van Tassel.
(c) Kathy Crane.
(d) Dutch wife.

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

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

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

6. What river is Sleepy Hollow beside?
(a) The Mississippi River.
(b) The Hudson River.
(c) The Styxx River.
(d) The New York River.

7. What does Ichabod hope to gain from Katrina?
(a) Marriage and lots of children.
(b) Marriage and wealth.
(c) Marriage and limitless food.
(d) Marriage and a new home.

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

9. The author says that Van Brunt is always ready for what?
(a) Hunting.
(b) Fighting.
(c) Partying.
(d) Drinking.

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

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

12. Which character's home is "bursting forth with the treasures of the farm"?
(a) Smith.
(b) Brom's.
(c) Ichabod's.
(d) Van Tassel's.

13. What does Ichabod do to the students the evening of the Van Tassel event?
(a) He gives them extra homework.
(b) He tutors them.
(c) He sends his students home early.
(d) He disciplines them.

14. What is Ichabod's real love?
(a) Hunting.
(b) Katrina.
(c) Singing.
(d) Eating.

15. What day does the narrator find Sleepy Hollow?
(a) Saturday.
(b) Monday.
(c) Sunday.
(d) Friday.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Brom Bones tell the other men he does with the Headless Horseman?

2. Which of his students does Ichabod discriminately apply discipline?

3. What animal does Ichabod resemble as he sits astride the horse with his angled limbs protruding awkwardly?

4. What is the name of the neighboring town described after the poem at the beginning of the story?

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

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