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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 the time period of the story?
(a) 1789.
(b) 1889.
(c) 1701.
(d) 1776.

2. Many men are contenders for Katrina's hand. Which of the following is one of them?
(a) A farmer.
(b) Headless Horseman.
(c) A doctor.
(d) Brom Van Brunt.

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

4. What does the author consider to be a quest for Ichabod?
(a) Defeating the Headless Horseman.
(b) Winning Katrina's hand in marriage.
(c) Winning the right to sing in front of the church.
(d) Breaking the school house's cabin.

5. What does the author refer to Van Tassel's home as?
(a) An estate.
(b) A castle.
(c) A home.
(d) A palace.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of horse is lent to Ichabod?

2. What country are the descendants of Sleepy Hollow from?

3. What other name is The Headless Horseman called?

4. Whom does Ichabod hang out with when not in class?

5. In what war does the Headless Horseman fight?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the point of Gunpowder's frequent stops, starts, and turns to the race Ichabod has with the Headless Horseman?

3. Why does the residents' ethnicity matter to the storyline?

4. Why is it ironic that Ichabod's horse is named Gunpowder?

5. What is the irony of stories being told about Ichabod haunting Sleepy Hollow?

6. What does Ichabod's clothing blowing loosely around him symbolize?

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

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

9. Why does the narrator describe the day he happened upon Sleepy Hollow?

10. How does the storyteller use similes to describe the school and Ichabod's students?

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