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The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who is the author of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow?

a)

George Washington

b)

Washington Irving

c)

C.S. Lewis

d)

Abraham Lincoln

2.

Who is Ichabod Crane?

a)

a new schoolmaster in Sleepy Hollow

b)

a new chef in Sleepy Hollow

c)

a prankster

d)

a Revolutionary soldier

3.

What is the setting of this story?

a)

Burlington, KY 2021

b)

Lake Eerie, 1820

c)

Sleepy Hollow, 1790

d)

Jacksonville, 1915

4.

Who is Katrina Van Tassel?

a)

a student from the school

b)

a baker in town

c)

an ugly, scary woman

d)

a beautiful, rich woman

5.

Who is Brom Bones?

a)

a brave, strong, prankster

b)

a scaredy-cat

c)

the village doctor

d)

the new schoolmaster in Sleepy Hollow

6.

What was the problem in the story?

a)

the Headless Horseman was scaring everyone

b)

everyone wanted Ichabod to leave Sleepy Hollow

c)

Brom Bones liked two girls.

d)

Ichabod and Brom Bones both liked Katrina.

7.

What happened at the party?

a)

Ichabod heard many scary ghost stories, including one about the Headless Horseman.

b)

Ichabod heard that Brom Bones liked Katrina.

c)

Brom Bones fought Ichabod.

d)

Ichabod told the story of the Headless Horseman.

8.

What is the climax of the story?

a)

Brom Bones watches Ichabod dance with Katrina.

b)

Ichabod tells Katrina that he likes her.

c)

Ichabod sees the Headless Horseman and a chase begins.

d)

Ichabod vanishes and is never seen again.

9.

Who is the Headless Horseman?

a)

a Revolutionary soldier who died and had his head blown off from a cannon

b)

a WWI soldier who died saving his brother

c)

a jockey who died in the Kentucky Derby

d)

a farmer who died from a nearby town

10.

Where did Ichabod have to run to in order to be safe?

a)

Katrina's house

b)

the school

c)

the Old Church Bridge

d)

the tunnel

11.

What did the Headless Horseman throw at Ichabod?

a)

a cannon

b)

a head

c)

a basketball

d)

a pumpkin

12.

What happened to Ichabod at the end?

a)

He left town.

b)

He was taken by the Headless Horseman.

c)

Brom Bones made Ichabod leave the town.

d)

We do not know what happened. We just know that he disappeared.