The Legend of Sleepy Hollow Test

Who wrote "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow?"

• Nathaniel Hawthorne

• Washington Irving

• Herman Melville

• Edgar Allan Poe

The people of Sleepy Hollow are of _____ heritage.

• French

• Spanish

• Dutch

• Italian

Ichabod's profession

• farmer

• carpenter

• sailor

• schoolmaster

Ichabod and ____ are rivals for the love of Katrina.

• Brom Bones

• Baltus Van Tassel

• Hans Van Ripper

• Diedrich Knickerbocker

Ichabod looks at Katrina's father's estate and imagines

• research and discover

• hard work and poverty

• food and riches

• adventure and fame

Ichabod's borrowed steed which he rides to Katrina's party is described as

• a broken-down plow-horse

• a purebred show horse

• a wild stallion

• a milk cow

The town of Sleepy Hollow is full of legend and superstition.

• True

• False

Ichabod has no interest in ghost stories.

• True

• False

Legend holds that the Headless Horseman vanishes at the church bridge.

• True

• False

What does the narrator conclude happened to Ichabod Crane?

• Ichabod ran away from being scared.

• Ichabod was killed by the Headless Horseman.

• There isn't an absolute answer.