The Legend of Sleepy Hollow Setting

When does the story take place?

• 1775-1783

• Near the Hudson River

• During the Revolutionary War

• 1795

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Where does the story NOT take place?

• in New York

• near the Hudson River

• in a haunted house

• in a small mountain town

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Another way to say "hollow" is . . .

• haunted

• valley

• town

• mountain

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The people in Sleepy Hollow are . . .

• sleepy

• lazy

• hard-working

• scary

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The people believe all EXCEPT . . .

• a German doctor bewitched the valley

• an Indian chief held powwows there

• a woman killed a soldier there

• strange things happen

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Which is NOT a strange thing that happens in Sleepy Hollow?

• People hear birds sing.

• People have weird dreams.

• People see visions.

• People see shooting stars.

Superstitious means . . .

• You believe in ghosts.

• You live in a haunted house.

• You believe in doctors.

• You have weird dreams.

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The most famous ghost story in Sleepy Hollow is about . . .

• a haunted house

• a headless soldier

• a haunted pumpkin

• a shooting star

The soldier died . . .

• in the Hudson River

• in 1795

• in a haunted house

• in the Revolutionary War

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People believe the ghost of the soldier is looking for his . . .

• gun

• head

• horse

• wife

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