The Legend of Sleepy Hollow- Scholastic Scope October 2023

Which best describes the mood of Scene 1?

• A. spooky

• B. serene

• C. joyful

• D. terrifying

The playwright creates the mood you identified in Question 1 in all the following ways EXCEPT by

• A. describing Ichabod as tall with 'gangly arms'

• B. including the explanation of the Wailing Widow

• C. describing the 'crisp wind' and a 'rickety bridge'

• D. describing Sleepy Hollow as 'a place of hauntings and superstitions'

In Scene 3, Hans says, 'Brom may be rough, but he's full of good humor.' Which of the following lines expresses a similar idea?

• A. Martha: That Brom Bones looks ready for a fight.

• B. Ida: Come, now. Brom is more mischievous than mean.

• C. Brom: What is that gangly grasshopper doing here?

• D. Brom (coldly): Ichabod.

In Scene 4, Brom 'struts into the room' at the Van Tassels' party. The author's use of struts helps the reader understand that Brom

• A. enters the room with confidence

• B. was running late and had to rush to get to the party

• C. does not want to be at the party

• D. walks into the room slowly and carefully

In Scene 4, Katrina glances slyly at Brom before accepting Ichabod's invitation to dance. From this action, you can infer that Katrina

• A. is worried that Brom will be angry with her for dancing with Ichabod

• B. likes Ichabod more than she likes Brom

• C. wants to make Brom jealous by dancing with Ichabod

• D. would rather be dancing with Brom

In Scene 6, SD2 says, 'On his way home that night, Ichabod, pale as a tombstone, trots along on Gunpowder.' This line contains

• A. a simile that describes the color of a tombstone

• B. a metaphor that tells the reader Ichabod is feeling sick after eating too many pastries

• C. personification that shows Ichabod is scared

• D. a simile that shows how scared Ichabod is

A person who is gullible is easily tricked into believing something that isn't true. Is Ichabod gullible? Why or why not?

• A. Yes, because he believes in the legend of the Headless Horseman without any proof.

• B. No, because he is skeptical of the supernatural and tries to find logical explanations.

• C. Yes, because he falls for Brom's prank and gets scared easily.

• D. No, because he is cautious and doesn't easily trust others.

The caption titled “A Haunted Nation”states that many ghost stories revolved around tragedies of the American Revolution. What does the legend of the Headless Horseman have to do with the American Revolution? Based on the information about Hessian soldiers, what can readers infer?

• Readers can infer that the Headless Horseman defected and fought for the Americans. That's why the British troops killed him.

• Readers can infer that the Headless Horseman was killed during the American Revolution and that at the time the story was written, people were still haunted by the war.

• Readers can infer that Ichabod Crane was a Hessian Soldier.

At the end of Scene 1, Ichabod shivers and looks up at the sky. How does this moment foreshadow what is to come?​

• The coming storm foreshadows something bad is going to happen to Ichabod.

• The darkening sky foreshadows that a war is about to break out.

• The change in temperature foreshadows that Ichabod is about to make a bad decision.

Yost most likely tells the story of the Headless Horseman because ​ (a)  

• Yost was trying to scare Ichabod.
• Yost was trying to impress Martha and Katrina.
• Brom was jealous of Ichabod.