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The Legend of the Sleepy Hollow Test

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the mood of Scene 1?
a)
spooky
b)
calm
c)
joyful
d)
crazy
2.
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
3.
In Scene 4, Ida says, “Come, now. Brom is more mischievous than mean.” What does she mean?
a)
Brom gets into a lot of fights, but he laughs about them later.
b)
Brom likes to joke around, but he isn’t cruel.
c)
Brom is a mysterious person.
d)
Brom is a comedian.
4.
A student might be ________ with a heavy backpack. (select the correct vocabulary word)
a)
musket
b)
tether
c)
laden
d)
thicket
5.
In Scene 6, SD2 says, “On his way home that night, Ichabod, pale as a tombstone, trots along on Gunpowder.” This line contains a simile that _______.
a)
compares a tombstone to a hors
b)
tells the reader Ichabod is feeling sick after eating too many pastries
c)
compares Ichabod to Gunpowder
d)
emphasizes how scared Ichabod is
6.

Brom: "What is the gangly grasshopper doing here?" Define gangly.

a)

“heavily loaded or weighed down.”

b)

A musket is an old-fashioned firearm that was once

used by soldiers

c)

Someone who is gangly is tall and thin and moves

in an awkward way.

d)

Something that is rickety is in poor physical

condition— it’s likely to shake or even collapse.

7.

Regan walked through a thicket of trees and pushed a few branches away. Define thicket

a)

is in poor physical

condition— it’s likely to shake or even collapse.

b)

is a rope or a chain that is fastened to

something, such as an animal or a balloon, in order to restrict where it can go.

c)

is an old-fashioned firearm that was once

used by soldiers.

d)

A patch of bushes, shrubbery, or

small trees

8.

The mother hen watched over her brood. Define brood

a)

who is gangly is tall and thin and moves

in an awkward way.

b)

heavily loaded or weighed down

c)

the action of a bird sitting on its eggs in order to hatch

them

d)

s a rope or a chain that is fastened to

something, such as an animal or a balloon, in order to restrict where it can go.

9.

He was shot dead by a musket bullet in the retreat. Define musket

a)

it is a rope or a chain that is fastened to

something, such as an animal or a balloon, in order to restrict where it can go.

b)

it's an old-fashioned firearm that was once

used by soldier

c)

it is a rope or a chain that is fastened to

something, such as an animal or a balloon, in order to restrict where it can go.

d)

none of the above

10.

He sat alone in the dark, brooding about his future. Define brood or brooding

a)

it is a family of young animals, especially birds,

born at the same time,

b)

heavily loaded or weighed down

c)

it is to think long

and anxiously or gloomily about something—in other words, to think deeply about

something that makes you unhappy.

d)

something that is out of the ordinary