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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What other topic does Ichabod show great interest in learning?
(a) The occult.
(b) The Bible.
(c) The geography of New York State.
(d) The facts about Sleepy Hollow.

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

3. Which story dominates the conversation between the men the night of the Van Tassel feast?
(a) The legend of the Headless Horseman.
(b) The story of the first Dutch settlers.
(c) The story of the Hollow's ancestors.
(d) The story of the Revolutionary War.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Katrina whirl around and dance with?

2. What is one thing Ichabod helps the farmers do?

3. In what war does the Headless Horseman fight?

4. Several stories speak of sightings and abduction of whom?

5. What is Van Brunt known for?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the significance of Brom Bones's horse being named Daredevil?

2. What is the significance of Ichabod leading others in psalms and proudly standing in church singing?

3. What is the irony of the farmer's claim that Ichabod was alive and was judging others?

4. What does the narrator mean when he says the region "breathed forth an atmosphere of dreams and fancies."

5. What does it say about the residents of Sleepy Hollow that since Ichabod did not have "money nor family," that he was quickly forgotten?

6. How is the school's location symbolic of Ichabod's relationship with those in Sleepy Hollow?

7. What is the purpose of describing Tarry Town before actually talking about Sleepy Hollow where the story takes place?

8. Why does the narrator call Van Tassel's estate a "castle"?

9. Why does the narrator refer to Ichabod's desire to win Katrina's hand in marriage a "holy" quest?

10. Why does the story of the Headless Horseman dominate Sleepy Hollow's town's stories and landscape?

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