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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 day does the narrator find Sleepy Hollow?
(a) Sunday.
(b) Friday.
(c) Saturday.
(d) Monday.

2. According to the legend, how does the Headless Horseman lose his head?
(a) He is beheaded by a sword.
(b) He is beheaded by an ax.
(c) He is beheaded by a dagger.
(d) He is beheaded by a cannon.

3. What is one thing Brom Bones does to Ichabod to try to get him to stop seeking Katrina's hand in marriage?
(a) Smoke out the school house.
(b) Beat him up.
(c) Smash the school house door.
(d) Post a threatening letter.

4. How many years have passed between the actual story and the narrator's telling of it?
(a) Five years.
(b) Thirty years.
(c) Twenty years.
(d) Sixteen years.

5. What is the name of the horse Ichabod is given to ride?
(a) Buckshot.
(b) Midnight.
(c) Gracie.
(d) Gunpowder.

Short Answer Questions

1. What animal does Ichabod resemble as he sits astride the horse with his angled limbs protruding awkwardly?

2. What are the boys from Sleepy Hollow called?

3. What river is Sleepy Hollow beside?

4. What is Van Brunt known for?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the story of the Headless Horseman dominate Sleepy Hollow's town's stories and landscape?

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

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

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

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

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

7. What is the purpose of the poem?

8. Why does Brom always have a smug expression on his face when the story of Ichabod Crane is told?

9. How does the quatrain poem help establish the tone?

10. What is the purpose of the narrator?

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