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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. Where does Ichabod live for weeks at a time?
(a) At an inn.
(b) At the church.
(c) At his students' home.
(d) At a castle.

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

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

4. What does Ichabod's horse do when he tries to cross the stream's bridge?
(a) The animal resists.
(b) It moves around in circles.
(c) It moves ahead.
(d) It moves backward.

5. What color are Ichabod's eyes?
(a) Hazel.
(b) Blue.
(c) Green.
(d) Brown.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Ichabod's focus from the moment he visits the Van Tassel's home?

3. What does the villagers call Van Brunt?

4. What does the author compare Ichabod to?

5. What does the author refer to Van Tassel's home as?

Short Essay Questions

1. The narrator compares Ichabod to an anaconda which is able to ingest huge quantities without permanently altering its shape. Why else is Ichabod like a snake?

2. How is the tone the author utilizes to describe Brom's and Ichabod's attempts to win Katrina's hand in marriage comical or humorous?

3. What qualifies the tale at the beginning of the story?

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

5. Why does the narrator go into details about how Sleepy Hollow came to be so mythical?

6. Why does the narrator compare woman to a force greater than the Devil?

7. What is the purpose of the poem?

8. Why does the narrator compare Katrina Van Tassel to food?

9. Why does Ichabod endear himself to the village's mothers?

10. Why is Ichabod's appetite for the occult a necessary part of the plot?

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