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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Summary.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is growing near the schoolhouse?
(a) Flowers.
(b) A birch tree.
(c) An oak tree.
(d) A garden.

2. What other name is The Headless Horseman called?
(a) Galloping Giant.
(b) Headless Harry.
(c) Galloping Hessian.
(d) Headless Rider.

3. Which story dominates the conversation between the men the night of the Van Tassel feast?
(a) The story of the Hollow's ancestors.
(b) The story of the first Dutch settlers.
(c) The legend of the Headless Horseman.
(d) The story of the Revolutionary War.

4. What river is Sleepy Hollow beside?
(a) The New York River.
(b) The Styxx River.
(c) The Hudson River.
(d) The Mississippi River.

5. What does Ichabod do to the students the evening of the Van Tassel event?
(a) He tutors them.
(b) He disciplines them.
(c) He sends his students home early.
(d) He gives them extra homework.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is impressive about the Van Tassel's home?

2. Where does Ichabod live for weeks at a time?

3. In Ichabod's imagination, what does natural sights and sounds become as he walked home at night?

4. Whom does Ichabod spend most of his evenings with and listen to regional tales of the marvelous and unexplainable?

5. What does the villagers call Van Brunt?

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