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The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow
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A (comical) horror story set in a small, very quiet town reportedly under some kind of haunting.  Written by Washington Irving, Legend of Sleepy Hollow is very popular during Halloween because of a character known as the Headless Horseman believed to be a Hessian soldier who lost his head to a cannonball in battle.
 

The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow
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25 Questions

1. What Four Traces Of The Chase Do The Searchers Find The Next Day?

2. What Do You Believe Happened To Ichobod?

3. Did Washington Irwing Write Everything Under A Fake Name

4. Diction

5. What Are Two Things Brom Bones Does To Get Back At Ichabod For Trying To Steal Katrina?

6. What Happens When Ichabod Tries To Get Across The Bridge?

7. Who Is The Author?

8. Why Would It Have Been Crazy For Ichabod To Be Open About His Feelings For Katrina? What Gives Ichabod An Excuse To Visit Katrina At Her House?

9. Where Did Washington Irwing's Imagination Grow?

10. Other Than Satire - What Is In There?

11. What Story Does Brom Bones Tell About His Encounter With The Headless Horseman?

12. What Role Do Katrina's Parents Play In Her Life? What Is Her Father's Attitude Toward His Wealth? What Is His Attitude Toward His Daughter? What Is Katrina's Mother's Attitude Toward Her?

13. What Subject Does Ichabod Like To Read About? What Has Increased His Interest In This Subject?

14. What Mood Does The Setting Of This Story Create?

15. Instead Of Following The Road To Sleepy Hollow - Where Does Gunpowder Go? What Makes It Even Harder For Ichabod To Hold Onto His Run-away Horse?

16. Where Does Ichabod Crane Live? Why Does He Need To Be Able To Have All Of His Belongings In A Small Bundle?

17. Irony

18. What Approach Does Brom Bones (Brom Van Brunt) Want To Take When He Discovers Ichabod Is Interested In Katrina? Why Can't He Do That?

19. Washington Irving's Writing Was Influenced By What?

20. Where Was Washington Irwing Born?

21. Did Washington Irwing Use A Pseudonym?

22. When Ichabod Sees Something Huge And Black By The Brook - Why Doesn't He Turn And Run Away? What Two Things Does He Do Instead?

23. What Story Is Towld About Brouwer's Encounter With The Headless Horseman?

24. What Does Washington Irwing's Birth In NYC Reflect?

25. Contrast Ichabod Crane And Brom Bones. How Are They Different In Physical Appearance? How Are Their Actions Different? What Would Have Made Katrina Attracted To Each Of Them?