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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of horse is lent to Ichabod?
(a) A racehorse.
(b) A warrior horse.
(c) A plow horse.
(d) A steed.

2. In what war does the Headless Horseman fight?
(a) The Civil War.
(b) The Revoluntionary War.
(c) The French and Indian War.
(d) World War I.

3. What is the one thing Katrina is known to do?
(a) Sing.
(b) Smoke.
(c) Dance.
(d) Flirt.

4. According to the narrator, this region of Sleepy Hollow "breathed forth" what kind of atmosphere?
(a) Dreams and fancies.
(b) Historic.
(c) Humor.
(d) Grave.

5. What is the narrator doing the day he happens upon Sleepy Hollow?
(a) Walking.
(b) Hunting.
(c) Fishing.
(d) Hiking.

6. What is one thing Ichabod helps the farmers do?
(a) Bale hay.
(b) Cut wood.
(c) Load wagons.
(d) Sing songs.

7. Where is the church located?
(a) By a river.
(b) In the center of town.
(c) Isolated and nearby trees were shourd in darkness.
(d) Isolated near a farm.

8. Which of his students does Ichabod discriminately apply discipline?
(a) The unmotivated students.
(b) The strong children.
(c) The weak children.
(d) The children who don't bring an apple.

9. What does the author consider to be a quest for Ichabod?
(a) Defeating the Headless Horseman.
(b) Winning Katrina's hand in marriage.
(c) Winning the right to sing in front of the church.
(d) Breaking the school house's cabin.

10. How does the author describe Brom Van Brunt?
(a) Curly blonde hair and skinny shoulders.
(b) Curly dark hair and broad shoulders.
(c) Bald and medium build.
(d) Straight hair and narrow shoulders.

11. What is Ichabod's focus from the moment he visits the Van Tassel's home?
(a) To steal the Van Tassel's farm.
(b) To win Katrina's hand in marriage.
(c) To defeat the Headless Horseman.
(d) To sing in front of Katrina.

12. What does the author refer to Van Tassel's home as?
(a) A castle.
(b) A home.
(c) A palace.
(d) An estate.

13. What does Ichabod do to quell his fears when walking home at night?
(a) Dance.
(b) Talk to himself.
(c) Sing psalms.
(d) Carry a lantern.

14. What animal does Ichabod resemble as he sits astride the horse with his angled limbs protruding awkwardly?
(a) A snake.
(b) A bird.
(c) A bear.
(d) A tiger.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What other topic does Ichabod show great interest in learning?

2. What does the villagers call Van Brunt?

3. What is Ichabod invited to do at the Van Tassel's home?

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

5. What do Brom Bones and Ichabod Crane have in common?

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