Sleepy Hollow Background
What region of the country is our story located?
Hudson River Valley
The Headless Horseman is a Hessians, what is that?
German soldiers hired by the British during the Revolution
How is Ichabod’s eye color symbolic?
green=greed
Pedagogue
teacher
gazette
newspaper
Sleepy Hollow is in what state
New York
How did the Headless Horseman lose his head?
cannon ball
The men at the Van Tassel’s party pass the time by…
telling stories about the war and ghosts, including the headless horseman.
Spectre
ghost
tarry
to linger
This region is largely inhabited by these settlers
Dutch
What is Ichabod’s favorite book?
Cotton Mather’s History of New England Witchcraft
Crane leaves the Van Tassels’ feeling…
angry and upset
urchin
small child
pupil
student
Sleepy Hollow got its name from the town being
Always in dream-like state
What part of Katrina Van Tassel’s appearance did she like to show off: (body part)
ankles
At the end of the party, Ichabod
getting dumped by Katrina
sloop
ship
higgledy-piggledy
mixed together
The author got his idea for the headless horseman from
German Folktales
What is the challenge for any man who wants to in win Katrina’s heart?
keeping it
How would you describe the scene as Crane leaves the Van Tassels’?
mysterious and frightening
topsy-turvy
upside down
erudition
knowledge