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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 do Brom Bones and his boys do to the school house furniture?
2. What is one thing Ichabod helps the farmers do?
3. What does Brom's horse say about him?
4. Whose mouth "...watered as he looed upon this sumptous promise of luxurious winter fare?"
5. What is Van Brunt known for?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the significance of Ichabod's voracious appetite throughout the story?
2. What is the point of Gunpowder's frequent stops, starts, and turns to the race Ichabod has with the Headless Horseman?
3. Why does the narrator call Van Tassel's estate a "castle"?
4. Why did the church provide a perfect setting for the Headless Horseman stories?
5. Why does the residents' ethnicity matter to the storyline?
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. Why is it ironic that Ichabod's horse is named Gunpowder?
8. Why is Ichabod's one-room school compared to an eelpot?
9. Why does the narrator describe the day he happened upon Sleepy Hollow?
10. Why does Brom always have a smug expression on his face when the story of Ichabod Crane is told?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Foreshadowing is used to set up later events in a story. Where does the author use foreshadowing? How is it utilized? Use examples from the text to discuss and support how this use of foreshadowing is effective, or not effective for the story.
Essay Topic 2
The author's descriptions of Ichabod Crane, even the usage of his surname, conjures the images of a bird. Why does the author want the reader to see Ichabod as birdlike? Is it because he is flighty? Or does his gossiping with the women in town one of "cawing" like a raven? Describe why and how the author continues to connect Ichabod to a bird and what purpose the author does this.
Essay Topic 3
Interpret the meaning of The Headless Horseman's race with Ichabod Crane after the Van Tassel's party. What does this event in the story mean? What purpose does the author hope to serve by presenting the Headless Horseman character in this manner?
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