The Legend of Sleepy Hollow Vocabulary

“All these tales, told in that _____________ undertone with which men talk in the dark, sank deep in the mind of Ichabod” (31).

• Conquest

• Diligent

• Drowsy

• Haunt

• Linger

Irving explains that the people who lived in Sleepy Hollow had lots of wonderful ghost stories because “local tales and __________[s] thrive best in these sheltered, long settled retreats” (29).

• Superstitious

• Diligent

• Sufficient

• Specter

• Speculate

“Indeed, some local historians claim that the body of the [headless horseman] was buried in the churchyard and the ghost rides to the scene of battle every night in_______ of his head” (3).

• Perceive

• Conquest

• Quest

• Rival

• Rustic

The headless horseman’s “haunts are not confined to the valley, but extend at times to the adjacent roads, and especially to the _____________ of a local church” (3.)

• Specter

• Diligent

• Sufficient

• Perceived

• Vicinity

The dominant spirit that ____________[s] this enchanted region is a headless figure on horseback.(p.2)

• Conquest

• Diligent

• Drowsy

• Haunt

• Linger

When they are telling tales at Van Tassel’s party “most of the stories turned upon the favorite __________ of Sleepy Hollow, the headless horseman” (30).

• Specter

• Diligent

• Sufficient

• Perceived

• Vicinity

What does the word 'specter' most closely mean in the context of 'The Legend of Sleepy Hollow'?

• Ghost

• Warrior

• Traveler

• Villager

In 'The Legend of Sleepy Hollow', what is the meaning of the word 'vicinity'?

• A distant place

• A nearby area

• A hidden location

• A sacred ground

Which word best describes the tone of the tales told in 'The Legend of Sleepy Hollow'?

• Joyful

• Drowsy

• Melancholic

• Frightening

What does the term 'haunt' refer to in the context of the headless horseman in 'The Legend of Sleepy Hollow'?

• To visit frequently

• To scare away

• To conquer

• To ignore