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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 is one thing Ichabod helps the farmers do?
(a) Sing songs.
(b) Load wagons.
(c) Cut wood.
(d) Bale hay.
2. What does Ichabod's physical features mimic?
(a) A crane.
(b) A dolphin.
(c) A giraffe.
(d) An elephant.
3. According to the legend, where does the Headless Horseman appear each night?
(a) The cemetery.
(b) The churchyard.
(c) The fields.
(d) The woods.
4. What is the one thing that causes Ichabod's interest to become a "holy" cause?
(a) The Van Tassel's farm.
(b) The Van Tassel's livestock.
(c) The Van Tassel's home.
(d) The Van Brunt home.
5. What does Ichabod do to the students the evening of the Van Tassel event?
(a) He disciplines them.
(b) He gives them extra homework.
(c) He tutors them.
(d) He sends his students home early.
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. Where does Ichabod live for weeks at a time?
3. What does Ichabod take a long time doing before going to the Van Tassel event?
4. What country are the descendants of Sleepy Hollow from?
5. When does the Headless Horseman make his runs through the village?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does the quatrain poem help establish the tone?
2. What words does the speaker use to convey that there is in fact something magical and mystical about the area? How does this word choice create the mood?
3. What is the purpose of the poem?
4. What does the narrator mean when he says the region "breathed forth an atmosphere of dreams and fancies."
5. Why does the narrator call Van Tassel's estate a "castle"?
6. What is one characterization of Ichabod?
7. Why does the narrator go into details about how Sleepy Hollow came to be so mythical?
8. How does finding the papers amongst a dead man establish tone?
9. What is the purpose of describing Tarry Town before actually talking about Sleepy Hollow where the story takes place?
10. Why does the author describe Ichabod Crane's physical features as that of a bird?
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