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17 Brom is big and ___.
a
afraid b
dirty c
lazy d
strong
1 Rip lives in a village near the ___ Mountains.
a
Black b
Blue c
Catskill d
Rocky
18 Brom is always ready for a ___ or a laugh.
a
cry b
dance c
fight d
walk
2 Rip carries a barrel ___ to help a stranger.
a
into the garden b
up a mountain c
d
down the street
19 Baltus Van Tassel is the richest ___ in the neighbourhood.
a
farmer b
servant c
stranger d
teacher
over a river
3 There’s a new picture and a new name over the door of the __.
a
church b
farm c
inn d
school
20 Katrina Van Tassel is an ___ child.
a
angry b
easy c
exciting d
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4 In the end Old Rip goes back to his village and lives with
his ___.
a
brother b
daughter c
dog d
wife
5 Tarry Town is a little village on the Hudson ___.
a
Hill b
Mountain c
River d
Road
6 Sleepy Hollow is the name of a ___.
a
game b
house c
town d
valley
7 After a week in one house, Ichabod puts all his things into a
little bag and moves to the next ___.
a
family b
neighbourhood c
town d
village
only
DIALOGUE
Who said this?
21 ‘Oh, no! My wife doesn’t like me to sleep away from home!’
a
King George III b
Henry Hudson
c
Rip Van Winkle d
George Washington
22 ‘She’s dead.’
a
Judith b
d
Young Rip
Judith’s son, Rip c
Old Rip’s wife
8 On Sundays, Ichabod directs his singers in the ___.
a
church b
inn c
school d
street
23 ‘Welcome home, old friend!’
a
Henry Hudson b
Rip’s daughter c
d
a woman in the village
9 Ichabod goes to a party at ___ farm.
a
Brom’s b
his neighbour’s c
d
Baltus Van Tassel’s
24 ‘I think Old Rip’s story is true!’
a
a child in the village b
a man in the village
c
Rip’s son b
George Washington
a stranger’s
10 In Brom’s story, the Headless Horseman can’t go across
the ___ by the church.
a
bridge b
field c
garden d
street
25 ‘I mustn’t lose hope. I can teach Katrina to sing!’
a
Brom b
Ichabod c
Baltus Van Tassel
d
Baltus’s wife
26 ‘Teachers are interesting.’
a
country men b
country women
c
people in big towns d
school children
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CHARACTERS
Choose the best answer.
11 Rip is a ___ man and all the children love him.
a
fat b
friendly c
little d
rich
12 Rip never goes and helps when __ asks him for help on the
farm!
a
a friend b
a neighbour c
a stranger
d
his wife
13 Rip has two ___ children, Rip and Judith.
a
dead b
good c
quiet d
wild
14 When his wife tells him he’s ___, Rip never answers and this
makes her angrier.
a
afraid b
dirty c
fat d
lazy
27 ‘Come on! Howl! There’s a good dog!’
a
Brom b
Ichabod c
Katrina
d
Baltus Van Tassel
28 ‘You can leave school an hour early today.’
a
Baltus Van Tassel b
Brom’s friends c
d
Katrina
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Ichabod
29 ‘Some nights when I ride through the village, the Headless
Horseman follows me.’
a
Brom b
Ichabod c
Katrina
d
Baltus Van Tassel
30 ‘Who are you?’
a
Baltus’s servant b
d
Baltus Van Tassel
15 In the day Ichabod is under ___ spell.
a
Baltus Van Tassel’s b
Brom’s
c
the Headless Horseman’s d
Katrina’s
16 Ichabod is tall and ___.
a
brave b
fat c
Rip’s son
Ichabod c
Katrina
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SETTING
Choose the best answer.
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VOCABULARY
Choose the best answer.
47 Ichabod slaps and kicks his horse and makes him ___.
a
dance b
gallop c
sing d
stop
31 a person with no brothers or sisters
a
baby b
only child c
son d
32 a jacket and trousers of one colour
a
coat b
clothes c
skirt d
daughter
river d
35 a farm has this piece of land
a
church b
field c
inn d
36 you don’t know this person
a
explorer b
neighbour c
d
wife
ride d
50 Katrina marries a ___ son.
a
doctor’s b
farmer’s c
valley
singer’s d
teacher’s
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school
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stranger
37 an old story – half true, half not true
a
fight b
game c
legend d
38 to move fast (on a horse)
a
drive b
gallop c
witch
Ichabod
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34 land between two hills
a
bridge b
mountain c
49 ___ disappears and nobody sees him again.
a
Brom b
Daredevil c
Gunpowder d
suit
33 you can’t see this person very well
a
farmer b
figure c
man d
48 The Headless Horseman’s ___ knocks Ichabod down off his
horse.
a
hand b
head c
shoulder d
stick
party
saddle
39 not quiet and not good; not staying where you want
a
haunted b
lazy c
strange d
wild
40 to hit with your open hand
a
kick b
knock c
slap d
throw
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PLOT
Choose the best answer.
41 Rip watches some strangers playing an old Dutch ___.
a
barrel b
bottle c
game d
trick
42 Rip sleeps in the mountains, then wakes up and goes back to
his ___.
a
dog b
breakfast c
town d
village
43 It is twenty years later and Rip is now an old man with a
white ___.
a
beard b
saddle c
stick d
suit
44 Some people say the ghost of a Dutch ___ comes back to the
Catskills every twenty years.
a
explorer b
horseman c
king d
servant
45 ___ play tricks on Ichabod.
a
Brom and his friends b
Katrina and her dog
c
school children d
Baltus Van Tassel and his wife
46 Ichabod begins to think all the ___ in the country meet in his
school after nightfall.
a
farmers b
headless horsemen c
students
d
witches
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1 c
2 b
3 c
4 b
5 c
6
7
8
9
10
d
a
a
d
a
CHARACTERS
11 b
12 d
13 d
14 d
15 d
16
17
18
19
20
d
d
c
a
d
DIALOGUE
21 c
22 a
23 d
24 b
25 b
26
27
28
29
30
b
a
c
a
b
VOCABULARY
31 b
32 d
33 b
34 d
35 b
36
37
38
39
40
c
c
b
d
c
PLOT
41 c
42 d
43 a
44 a
45 a
46
47
48
49
50
d
b
b
d
b
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