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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. According to the narrator, this region of Sleepy Hollow "breathed forth" what kind of atmosphere?
(a) Grave.
(b) Humor.
(c) Historic.
(d) Dreams and fancies.

4. Where is the church located?
(a) In the center of town.
(b) By a river.
(c) Isolated near a farm.
(d) Isolated and nearby trees were shourd in darkness.

5. How old is Katrina Van Tassel?
(a) 30.
(b) 16.
(c) 21.
(d) 18.

6. What is one thing Ichabod helps the farmers do?
(a) Bale hay.
(b) Sing songs.
(c) Cut wood.
(d) Load wagons.

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

8. What country are the descendants of Sleepy Hollow from?
(a) Germany.
(b) The Neverlands.
(c) France.
(d) Ireland.

9. Whom does Ichabod hang out with when not in class?
(a) The milkman.
(b) The blacksmith.
(c) The preacher.
(d) His older boy students.

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

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

12. According to the legend, where does the Headless Horseman appear each night?
(a) The woods.
(b) The fields.
(c) The cemetery.
(d) The churchyard.

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

14. What is the narrator doing the day he happens upon Sleepy Hollow?
(a) Walking.
(b) Fishing.
(c) Hunting.
(d) Hiking.

15. In what war does the Headless Horseman fight?
(a) The French and Indian War.
(b) The Revoluntionary War.
(c) The Civil War.
(d) World War I.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Many men are contenders for Katrina's hand. Which of the following is one of them?

3. Whose mouth "...watered as he looed upon this sumptous promise of luxurious winter fare?"

4. How many years have passed between the actual story and the narrator's telling of it?

5. How does Ichabod endear himself to mothers?

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