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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What other area does Ichabod instruct students?
(a) Geography.
(b) Music.
(c) Map making.
(d) Fishing.

3. Which character's home is "bursting forth with the treasures of the farm"?
(a) Smith.
(b) Van Tassel's.
(c) Brom's.
(d) Ichabod's.

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

5. Many men are contenders for Katrina's hand. Which of the following is one of them?
(a) A farmer.
(b) Brom Van Brunt.
(c) A doctor.
(d) Headless Horseman.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who lends Ichabod a horse on the night of the Van Tassel event?

2. In what war does the Headless Horseman fight?

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

4. What is the narrator doing the day he happens upon Sleepy Hollow?

5. What does Ichabod use often to discipline students?

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