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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 Van Brunt known for?
(a) His great strength.
(b) His great knowledge.
(c) His ability to use a sword.
(d) His hunting skills.

2. What does the villagers call Van Brunt?
(a) Brom Bones.
(b) Brom Brom.
(c) Burly Van Brunt.
(d) Heavy hitter.

3. What does Ichabod's physical features mimic?
(a) A dolphin.
(b) An elephant.
(c) A crane.
(d) A giraffe.

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

5. What does Brom Bones tell the other men he does with the Headless Horseman?
(a) Stop the Horseman from taking someone's head.
(b) Find his head for the Horseman.
(c) Race against him on Daredevil.
(d) Fight him and escaped.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one force greater than the Devil that was to be feared?

2. What is the one thing that causes Ichabod's interest to become a "holy" cause?

3. What does Baltus Van Tassel do to support his family?

4. Whose mouth "...watered as he looed upon this sumptous promise of luxurious winter fare?"

5. Who is the woman of interest in this tale?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the purpose of the poem?

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

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

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

5. 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?

6. When the speaker says, "authentic historians of those parts, who have been careful in collecting and collating the floating facts concerning this spectre...", whom are the authentic historians?

7. How does the telling of the ghost stories set up the mood for the story's climax?

8. Why is it important that the reader knows the action part of the tale takes place thirty years previous to the time of the telling of the story?

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

10. 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?

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