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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. Whom does Ichabod hang out with when not in class?
(a) The blacksmith.
(b) The preacher.
(c) The milkman.
(d) His older boy students.

2. Van Brunt is known in Sleepy Hollow for being what?
(a) Sleeping.
(b) Fit and fun.
(c) Stealing.
(d) Hurting others.

3. What is impressive about the Van Tassel's home?
(a) It has expensive furnishings and ornaments.
(b) It has electricity.
(c) It is historic.
(d) It has been built by slaves.

4. 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 Revolutionary War.
(c) The story of the first Dutch settlers.
(d) The story of the Hollow's ancestors.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author consider to be a quest for Ichabod?

2. What does the Headless Horseman search for in the village each day?

3. Whom does the homeowners of Sleepy Hollow hear singing psalms at night?

4. What does Brom Bones tell the other men he does with the Headless Horseman?

5. What does Ichabod hope to gain from Katrina?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the author set up the reader to expect anything to happen?

2. In what ways does Washington Irving lend credibility to his story?

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

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

5. How do the descendants of Sleepy Hollow play into the story's atmosphere and mood?

6. What was strange about how Ichabod distributed discipline in his school?

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

8. What is one characterization of Ichabod?

9. How was the metaphor of a knight used within this story?

10. What is the significance of Ichabod's voracious appetite throughout the story?

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