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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 Ichabod's favorite thing to do?
(a) Read.
(b) Eat.
(c) Sing.
(d) Dance.

2. What other name is The Headless Horseman called?
(a) Galloping Hessian.
(b) Headless Harry.
(c) Headless Rider.
(d) Galloping Giant.

3. In Ichabod's imagination, what does natural sights and sounds become as he walked home at night?
(a) Pranksters.
(b) Ghosts and phantasms.
(c) Animals.
(d) His imagination.

4. What does Ichabod do to the students the evening of the Van Tassel event?
(a) He sends his students home early.
(b) He disciplines them.
(c) He gives them extra homework.
(d) He tutors them.

5. What other area does Ichabod instruct students?
(a) Fishing.
(b) Music.
(c) Geography.
(d) Map making.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ichabod's physical features mimic?

2. What is growing near the schoolhouse?

3. What does the narrator believe about Sleepy Hollow's people and their customs?

4. Where does Ichabod live for weeks at a time?

5. Van Brunt is known in Sleepy Hollow for being what?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is revealed when Ichabod takes notice of the food selections before acknowledging Katrina?

3. Why is the place called Tarry Town?

4. What is one characterization of Ichabod?

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

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

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

8. What does the author imply by using the allusion of the lion and the lamb?

9. Why is Sleepy Hollow considered untouched by time?

10. What is the purpose of Brom Bones sharing his story of racing against the Headless Horseman?

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