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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does the Headless Horseman search for in the village each day?
(a) His head.
(b) His wife.
(c) His gun.
(d) His horse.

4. What does the villagers call Van Brunt?
(a) Brom Bones.
(b) Heavy hitter.
(c) Brom Brom.
(d) Burly Van Brunt.

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

6. What color are Ichabod's eyes?
(a) Brown.
(b) Blue.
(c) Green.
(d) Hazel.

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

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

9. Who lends Ichabod a horse on the night of the Van Tassel event?
(a) A soldier.
(b) A student's mother.
(c) A neighboring farmer.
(d) Katrina.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the narrator, this region of Sleepy Hollow "breathed forth" what kind of atmosphere?

2. What do the men discuss immediately after the dancing at the Van Tassel party?

3. What other name is The Headless Horseman called?

4. Where is the church located?

5. What is one force greater than the Devil that was to be feared?

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