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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What is the horse known to do when around a horse of the opposite sex?
(a) Quickly discharge.
(b) Eat.
(c) Fall asleep.
(d) Gallop slowly.

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

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

6. Where does the Horseman stop pursuits?
(a) The cemetery.
(b) The bridge.
(c) The graveyard.
(d) The churchyard.

7. Where is Ichabod originally from?
(a) Maryland.
(b) Connecticut.
(c) Virgina.
(d) New York City.

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

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

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

11. The men's conversation at the party move from one type of stories to what kind of stories?
(a) Fishing stories.
(b) Hunting stories.
(c) Ghost stories.
(d) Love stories.

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

13. What is Ichabod's focus from the moment he visits the Van Tassel's home?
(a) To sing in front of Katrina.
(b) To steal the Van Tassel's farm.
(c) To win Katrina's hand in marriage.
(d) To defeat the Headless Horseman.

14. What does Ichabod take a long time doing before going to the Van Tassel event?
(a) He washes his horse.
(b) He cuts his hair.
(c) He takes great care in his appearance.
(d) He eats a big meal.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one thing Brom Bones does to Ichabod to try to get him to stop seeking Katrina's hand in marriage?

2. What are the boys from Sleepy Hollow called?

3. Which of the following do some residents believe bewitched the area?

4. What other topic does Ichabod show great interest in learning?

5. What does Ichabod do to the students the evening of the Van Tassel event?

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