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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. In what war does the Headless Horseman fight?
(a) World War I.
(b) The Revoluntionary War.
(c) The Civil War.
(d) The French and Indian War.

2. What is the one thing Katrina is known to do?
(a) Smoke.
(b) Sing.
(c) Flirt.
(d) Dance.

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

4. What is one thing Ichabod helps the farmers do?
(a) Cut wood.
(b) Sing songs.
(c) Bale hay.
(d) Load wagons.

5. When does the Headless Horseman make his runs through the village?
(a) At sunset.
(b) At midnight.
(c) At night.
(d) At daybreak.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the legend, how does the Headless Horseman lose his head?

2. The men's conversation at the party move from one type of stories to what kind of stories?

3. What is the name of the neighboring town described after the poem at the beginning of the story?

4. Neighbors usually dismiss the antics and disturbances of whom?

5. According to the narrator, this region of Sleepy Hollow "breathed forth" what kind of atmosphere?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does the narrator refer to Ichabod as a "gawky bird" when seated upon Gunpowder?

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

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

5. What is unusual about how the characters are introduced in this story versus other short stories and is it effective?

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

7. 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?

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

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

10. What does it say about the residents of Sleepy Hollow that since Ichabod did not have "money nor family," that he was quickly forgotten?

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