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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What other area does Ichabod instruct students?
(a) Music.
(b) Geography.
(c) Map making.
(d) Fishing.

2. What is the name of the horse Ichabod is given to ride?
(a) Midnight.
(b) Gracie.
(c) Buckshot.
(d) Gunpowder.

3. What is Van Brunt known for?
(a) His ability to use a sword.
(b) His hunting skills.
(c) His great knowledge.
(d) His great strength.

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

5. What does Ichabod do to quell his fears when walking home at night?
(a) Talk to himself.
(b) Dance.
(c) Carry a lantern.
(d) Sing psalms.

6. 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.

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

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

9. What does Ichabod Crane do for a living?
(a) He's a doctor.
(b) He's a mechanic.
(c) He's a preacher.
(d) He's a school teacher.

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

11. What do Brom Bones and Ichabod Crane have in common?
(a) They both hunt.
(b) They both want to defeat the Headless Horseman.
(c) They both want to marry Katrina.
(d) They both want to buy a house.

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

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

14. Many men are contenders for Katrina's hand. Which of the following is one of them?
(a) A farmer.
(b) A doctor.
(c) Headless Horseman.
(d) Brom Van Brunt.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Van Brunt is known in Sleepy Hollow for being what?

2. What does Ichabod take a long time doing before going to the Van Tassel event?

3. How old is Katrina Van Tassel?

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

5. What is the one thing Katrina is known to do?

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