The Legend of Sleepy Hollow Quiz

What is synonym for bellowed?

• whispered

• shouted

• mumbled

• purred

Answer explanation

Did you know that the Headless Horse is a story of the ghost of a Hessian soldier who was decapitated by a canon's fire during the Revolutionary War?

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CCSS.L.6.5C

What word means occupied or visited by ghosts?

(a)  

Answer explanation

Did you know that the main character Ichabod Crane was a real person and an friend of the original author Washington Irving? He was a soldier for 48 years and came from a military family.

Choose all the words that mean stunning.​ (a)   ​ (b)   ​ (c)  

• gorgeous
• excellent
• impressive
• dull
• dreary

Answer explanation

Did you know The Legend of Sleepy Hollow was written in 1820?

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CCSS.L.6.5C

Match the following vocabulary words to their definitions.

• to gain the approval or attention

• mischief

• suddenly disappeared/moved out of view

• scorched

• behavior that is troublesome or annoying

• vanished

• having a burned surface

• fawned

Answer explanation

Did you know that the story of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow was originally just a drawing.

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CCSS.RL.6.4

What is a synonym for a loud, high-pitched sound?

• vanished

• scorched

• shrieked

• bellowed

Answer explanation

Did you know the movie Sleepy Hollow stars Johnny Depp and Christina Ricci?

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CCSS.L.6.5B

What are all the synonyms for mustered?

• shrieked

• summoned

• brought forth

• stunning

Answer explanation

Did you know that Ichabod Crane came to Sleepy Hollow to be a school teacher?

What is a antonym for well-behaved?

• haunted

• fawned

• mustered

• mischief

Answer explanation

Did you know that the Headless Horse represents a past that never dies, but always haunts the living?

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CCSS.L.6.5B

What is a synonym for charred?

• scorched

• haunted

• vanished

• mustered

Answer explanation

Did you know that Sleepy Hollow is a real town and the original name was Tarrytown?

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CCSS.L.6.5C

What is an antonym for appeared?

• vanished

• haunted

• bellowed

• fawned

Answer explanation

Did you know that there really was a soldier whose head was shot off during the war and he is buried in a cemetery not far from where the Ichabod Crane supposedly encountered the Headless Horseman?