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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What is Ichabod's favorite thing to do?
(a) Dance.
(b) Read.
(c) Sing.
(d) Eat.
2. Who does Katrina whirl around and dance with?
(a) Brom.
(b) Her father.
(c) Ichabod.
(d) A teenager.
3. What is the one thing that causes Ichabod's interest to become a "holy" cause?
(a) The Van Tassel's farm.
(b) The Van Tassel's livestock.
(c) The Van Tassel's home.
(d) The Van Brunt home.
4. How old is Katrina Van Tassel?
(a) 18.
(b) 21.
(c) 16.
(d) 30.
5. What kind of horse is lent to Ichabod?
(a) A steed.
(b) A plow horse.
(c) A racehorse.
(d) A warrior horse.
Short Answer Questions
1. What day does the narrator find Sleepy Hollow?
2. What other area does Ichabod instruct students?
3. What color are Ichabod's eyes?
4. What country are the descendants of Sleepy Hollow from?
5. What does Brom Bones's dog do when Ichabod sings?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the significance of Ichabod's voracious appetite throughout the story?
2. Why does the narrator describe the day he happened upon Sleepy Hollow?
3. How do the descendants of Sleepy Hollow play into the story's atmosphere and mood?
4. What is the purpose of describing Tarry Town before actually talking about Sleepy Hollow where the story takes place?
5. How does the storyteller use similes to describe the school and Ichabod's students?
6. Why is Ichabod's one-room school compared to an eelpot?
7. How was the metaphor of a knight used within this story?
8. 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?
9. What words does the speaker use to convey that there is in fact something magical and mystical about the area? How does this word choice create the mood?
10. What is the purpose of Brom Bones sharing his story of racing against the Headless Horseman?
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