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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is Ichabod able to spread gossip?
(a) By sending letters.
(b) By boarding from house to house.
(c) By sending notes home with students.
(d) By spending time with women on Sunday.

2. According to Old Brouwer, what happens to the Headless Horseman?
(a) He turns into a skeleton.
(b) He turns into a pumpkin.
(c) He disappears.
(d) He captures his head.

3. According to the narrator, what is Ichabod very good at doing?
(a) Farming.
(b) Getting what he wants.
(c) Protecting Sleepy Hollow.
(d) Helping out with difficult tasks.

4. Who does Katrina marry?
(a) Brom.
(b) A visiting farmer.
(c) Van Ripper.
(d) A soldier.

5. What is the real name of Tarry Town?
(a) Taleguh.
(b) Tarry Towne.
(c) Greensburgh.
(d) Sleepy Hollow.

6. What type of man is Ichabod Crane?
(a) Vain.
(b) Kind.
(c) Humble.
(d) Patient.

7. Whom begins to ride along Ichabod as he and Gunpowder head home after the Van Tassel party?
(a) Baltrus.
(b) Katrina.
(c) Brom and Daredevil.
(d) The dark horse and rider.

8. Who brings the invitation for the Van Tassel's to Ichabod?
(a) Van Ripper.
(b) An unnamed character.
(c) Bultrus Van Tassel.
(d) Katrina Van Tassel.

9. Old Baltus Van Tassel is what kind of farmer?
(a) Conservative.
(b) Stingy.
(c) Liberal.
(d) Greedy.

10. When Ichabod meets the dark figure, what does he do?
(a) He turns and goes the opposite way.
(b) He whips Gunpowder.
(c) He trots toward the rider.
(d) He demands to know the rider's identity.

11. What kind of area is Sleepy Hollow?
(a) Booming.
(b) Lawless.
(c) Urban.
(d) Bewitched.

12. What insect does the narrator compare Ichabod's elbows while mounted on Gunpowder?
(a) A fly.
(b) A grasshopper.
(c) An ant.
(d) A bee.

13. Who is the favorite spectre of Sleepy Hollow?
(a) Wailing women.
(b) The Headless Horseman.
(c) Zombie.
(d) The ghost.

14. What object towers like a giant above all the neighborhood trees outside of Sleepy Hollow?
(a) A farmhouse.
(b) A tulip tree.
(c) A watchtower.
(d) A lighthouse.

15. Under what cover does Ichabod pursue Katrina?
(a) As her music teacher.
(b) As a gossiper.
(c) As a visiting farmer.
(d) As a lover of food.

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator refers to Ichabod as a what?

2. What item of Ichabod's is found the day after the Van Tassel's party near horse tracks?

3. How does the narrator describe the farmers' wives at Van Tassel's party?

4. What does Ichabod lose while riding Gunpowder?

5. The narrator states that Ichabod's feet serve as what?

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