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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 the church.
(b) At a castle.
(c) At his students' home.
(d) At an inn.

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

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

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

5. What does Brom Bones's dog do when Ichabod sings?
(a) Howls.
(b) Whines.
(c) Growls.
(d) Eats.

6. What is Ichabod invited to do at the Van Tassel's home?
(a) Dance.
(b) Come to a party.
(c) Tutor Katrina.
(d) Sing.

7. Which of the following do some residents believe bewitched the area?
(a) A witch.
(b) A German doctor.
(c) A sorcerer.
(d) A French ghost.

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

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

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

11. Which of his students does Ichabod discriminately apply discipline?
(a) The children who don't bring an apple.
(b) The unmotivated students.
(c) The strong children.
(d) The weak children.

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

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

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

15. How does Ichabod endear himself to mothers?
(a) By tending to their small children.
(b) By teaching their children.
(c) By disciplining their children.
(d) By singing to their children.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What kind of horse is lent to Ichabod?

3. What other area does Ichabod instruct students?

4. What is the horse known to do when around a horse of the opposite sex?

5. Neighbors usually dismiss the antics and disturbances of whom?

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