WorksheetsThe Legend of Sleepy Hollow
Total questions: 37
Worksheet time: 19mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
1. Who is the main character in The Legend of Sleepy Hollow?
a)
Katrina Van Tassel
b)
Ichabod Crane
c)
The Headless Horseman
2.
2. What is the setting of the story?
a)
Connecticut
b)
Sleepy Hollow
c)
New Jersey
3.
3. What does apparitions mean?
a)
a ghost or spirit of a dead person
b)
an evil creature in frightening stories that robs graves and eats dead bodies
c)
to cause (someone) to be extremely afraid
4.
4. What subject does arithmetic go with?
a)
Reading
b)
Science
c)
Math
5.
5. Soldiers from what war haunted Sleepy Hollow?
a)
Civil War
b)
Indian War
c)
Revolutionary War
6.
6. Who was the most terrifying ghost of Sleepy Hollow?
a)
Brom Bones
b)
The Headless Horseman
c)
Major Andre
7.
7. What does inhabited mean?
a)
to cause (someone) to be extremely afraid
b)
a ghost or spirit of a dead person
c)
to live in (a place)
8.
8. What was Ichabod's job?
a)
pastor and choir director
b)
teacher
c)
horse trainer
9.
9. How was Ichabod paid for his job? (Check 2 answers)
a)
lots of money
b)
food
c)
given an apartment
d)
stayed with students
10.
10. How was Ichabod's character at school?
a)
nice
b)
strict
c)
fun
11.
11. What was the name of the book Ichabod carried around?
a)
Ghosts and Witches of Sleepy Hollow
b)
Psalms
c)
Cotton Mather's History of New England Witchcraft
12.
12. The people of Tarry Town believed in witches and goblins, what did they NOT believe in?
a)
ghouls and goblins
b)
being kind to one another
c)
the world spinning and outer space
13.
13. What was a sure sign of a witch?
a)
a firefly
b)
a witch
c)
a whippoorwill
14.
14. What was considered the terrible "in between time" according to Ichabod?
a)
dawn
b)
dusk
c)
mid afternoon
15.
15. What did Ichabod do to keep the ghosts away?
a)
sign psalms
b)
chant spells
c)
walk with holy water
16.
16. Who was Ichabod interested in?
a)
Kallie
b)
Katrina
c)
Julia
17.
17. Who is Ichabod's competition?
a)
Brom Bones
b)
Hans Van Ripper
c)
Major Andre
18.
18. What is an epitaph?
a)
Optia military unit consisting of soldiers, ships, or aircrafton 2
b)
producing many plants or crops : able to support the growth of many plants
c)
words written on a gravestone
19.
19. What does devious mean?
a)
producing many plants or crops : able to support the growth of many plants
b)
willing to lie and trick people in order to get what is wanted
c)
a sweet food made from a piece of dough that has been twisted and fried
20.
20. What kind of fields do the Van Tassel's have on their farm? Check 4
a)
wheat
b)
rye
c)
buckwheat
d)
Indian corn
e)
soybeans
21.
21. What was Brom Bones constantly doing?
a)
singing
b)
fighting
c)
playing jokes
22.
22. What is a synonym of sleepy?
a)
tired
b)
awake
c)
annoyed
23.
23. What was Ichabod invited to?
a)
a quilting frolic
b)
a singing contest
c)
a fight
24.
24. Who was Brom Bones' horse?
a)
Gunpowder
b)
Daredevil
c)
Steel
25.
25. What does perished mean?
a)
something that is owned or possessed by someone
b)
to disappear entirely without a clear explanation
c)
to die or be killed
26.
26. What does vanish mean?
a)
to die or be killed
b)
to disappear entirely without a clear explanation
c)
to eat or drink
27.
27. What time of year is the story taking place?
a)
summer
b)
winter
c)
autumn
28.
28. Besides singing, what is Ichabod good at?
a)
telling stories
b)
dancing
c)
singing
29.
29. What caught Ichabod's eye at the quilting frolic?
a)
Katrina's dress
b)
all of the furniture and decorations
c)
the food
30.
30. What kind of food was at the party? Check 4
a)
ham
b)
doughnuts
c)
chicken pot pie
d)
cruller
e)
roast beef
31.
31. For Major Andre's death, what was said to go by the tree he died at?
a)
a ghostly funeral train
b)
a screeching black bird
c)
a weeping woman
32.
32. When did the woman in white die?
a)
in the summer
b)
in the winter
c)
in the fall
33.
33. What happened between Ichabod and Katrina?
a)
they got married
b)
they broke up
34.
34. What did the Headless Horseman do to Ichabod?
a)
He killed him with his sword.
b)
He threw his pumpkin at him.
c)
Nothing, just scared him.
35.
35. What three things were found next to the creek?
a)
a smashed pumpkin
b)
a saddle
c)
Ichabod's hat
d)
shoes
e)
Ichabod's body
36.
36. What were Ichabod's wordly possessions? Check 4
a)
a psalm book
b)
a Bible
c)
broken pitch pipe
d)
clothes
e)
a gold watch
37.
37. Did you like the book?
a)
yes
b)
no
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