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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Brom Bones's horse?

2. The author says that Van Brunt is always ready for what?

3. How does Ichabod endear himself to mothers?

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

5. Which character's home is "bursting forth with the treasures of the farm"?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why is Ichabod's appetite for the occult a necessary part of the plot?

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

4. Why is Ichabod's one-room school compared to an eelpot?

5. What does Ichabod's clothing blowing loosely around him symbolize?

6. 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?

7. Why is Sleepy Hollow considered untouched by time?

8. What is the purpose of describing Tarry Town before actually talking about Sleepy Hollow where the story takes place?

9. What does the narrator mean when he says the region "breathed forth an atmosphere of dreams and fancies."

10. What examples of Ichabod's character show him as self serving and vain?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the symbolism of Ichabod's eyes being green? Explain how the author uses Ichabod's eye color to reveal aspects of his character. Find descriptions from the text to support your answer and to provide evidence of your opinion.

Essay Topic 2

How was the metaphor of a knight used within this story? Who was involved and what was the outcome?

Essay Topic 3

A metaphor is used to compare to unlike things. In what ways is the metaphor played throughout the story? How and where is the metaphor prevalent in the story? Do you think the use of metaphors is effective to the overall storyline? Why or why not?

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