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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As Ichabod moves from one farmer's family to the next, where are his possessions?
(a) In a barn.
(b) Tied in a cotton handkerchief.
(c) In a barrel.
(d) In a suitcase.

2. Whose tales does Ichabod tell to the group of men at the party?
(a) George Washington.
(b) Washington Irving.
(c) Cotton Mather.
(d) Van Ripper.

3. What do the people of Sleepy Hollow search for after the Van Tassel's party?
(a) A saddle.
(b) Brom's horse.
(c) A pumpkin.
(d) Ichabod's body.

4. What does Ichabod do to the horse when it behaves badly?
(a) Get off the horse.
(b) Yell at the horse.
(c) Get a new horse.
(d) Whip the horse.

5. What does the narrator compare Ichabod's pliability and perseverance to?
(a) A supple jack.
(b) A thick rope.
(c) A birch tree.
(d) A wilting flower.

6. What do the country people hear haunting through the village?
(a) Galloping.
(b) Screams.
(c) Howls.
(d) Ichabod melodious psalms.

7. Who has assembled to watch Ichabod and Katrina dance?
(a) Brom Bones.
(b) Servants from the farms.
(c) Bultrus Van Tassel.
(d) Van Ripper.

8. What does the narrator likens Brom's attempts at courting to?
(a) To the gentle caresses of a bear.
(b) To the gentle caresses of a sword.
(c) To the cawing of a crow.
(d) To the clawing of a wolverine.

9. What success does the old farmer from New York state about Ichabod?
(a) That Ichabod marries a wealthy woman.
(b) That he is justice of the Ten Pound Court.
(c) That Ichabod teaches at a university.
(d) That he hasn't seen him.

10. What does Katrina say to Ichabod after the party?
(a) She accepts his offer for marriage.
(b) She rejects his offer for marriage.
(c) She wants to think about it.
(d) The narrator does not know.

11. What type of melody does Ichabod produce?
(a) Broad.
(b) Nasal.
(c) Quivering.
(d) Whiny.

12. The narrator states that Ichabod's feet serve as what?
(a) Shovels.
(b) Boats.
(c) Oars.
(d) Skis.

13. After much discussion, what do many of the townspeople believe?
(a) That Ichabod leaves under a cloak of darkness.
(b) That Ichabod vanishes into thin air.
(c) That Ichabod runs out of town.
(d) Ichabod has been carried off by the Galloping Headless Horseman.

14. What else does Ichabod pride himself on besides his singing?
(a) His clothing.
(b) His poetry.
(c) His dancing.
(d) His writing.

15. At the beginning of the story, the papers are found amongst whose belongings?
(a) Ichabod Crane's belongings.
(b) A dead man.
(c) A letter to the court.
(d) Van Tassel's will.

Short Answer Questions

1. As he and Gunpowder head home, who does Ichabod believe the rider on the dark horse alongside him to be?

2. What is the name of Katrina's mother?

3. How is Ichabod able to spread gossip?

4. What animal does the narrator compare to Ichabod's appetite?

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

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