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"He was tall but exceedingly lank with narrow shoulders, long arms and legs, hands that dangled a mile out from his sleeves, feet that might have served for shovels, and his whole frame most loosely hung together. His head was small and flat at top with huge ears, large green glassy eyes, and a long snipe nose."
Who is Ichabod Crane?
100
Ichabod Crane lived here.
What are the homes of his pupils?
100
the local schoolmaster
Who is Ichabod Crane?
100
Hessian trooper
Who is the Headless Horseman?
100
Ichabod Crane did this to make extra money.
What is instructing the young folks in psalmody?
200
"She wore the ornaments of pure yellow gold, which her great-greatgrandmother had brought over from Saardam; the tempting stomacher of the olden time; and withal a provokingly short petticoat, to display the prettiest foot and ankle in the country round."
Who is Katrina Van Tassel?
200
This happens when Ichabod is watching his students one afternoon.
What is Ichabod is invited to a party at the Van Tassel's home?
200
An intimidating tough guy who is accomplnied with a gang at times.
Who is Brom Bones?
200
the Headless Horseman's head was blown off by this
What is a cannon ball?
200
Ichabod Crane was this in the town; he passes information from house to house as he travels.
What is the gossip?
300
"[Near] the farm-house was a vast barn, that might have served for a church; every window and crevice of which seemed bursting forth with the treasures of the farm."
What is the Van Tassel's house?
300
Ichabod did this at the party.
What is ate, danced, and listened to stories about the Headless Horseman?
300
A pretty young woman who is the daughter of a very wealthy man.
Who is Katrina Van Tassel?
300
Ichabod firmly believed in this.
What is New England Witchcraft?
300
"A low building of one large room rudely constructed of logs."
What is the schoolhouse?
400
"He was gaunt and shagged, with a ewe neck and a head like a hammer; his rusty mane and tail were tangled and knotted with burs; one eye had lost its pupil, and was glaring and spectral; but the other had the gleam of a genuine devil in it."
What is Gunpowder?
400
Icabod felt terrible after he left the party, and so he was very.... and thought he was...
What is jumpy? What is seeing things?
400
The horse lent to Ichabod by Hans Van Ripper.
Who is Gunpowder?
400
"rushing speed with which he sometimes passes along the Hollow, like a midnight blast, isowing to his being belated, and in a hurry to get back to the churchyard before daybreak."
What is the end of the Horseman's nightly quest?
400
"lowlysloping roofs, built in the style handed down from the first Dutch settlers; the low projecting eaves forming a piazza along the front, capable of being closed up in bad weather."
What is the Van Tassel home?
500
doughty dough-nut, the tenderer oly koek, and the crisp and crumbling kruller; sweet-cakes and short-cakes, ginger-cakes and honey-cakes, and the whole family of cakes. And then there were apple-pies, and peach-pies, and pumpkin-pies; besides slices of ham and smoked beef; and moreover delectable dishes of preserved plums, and peaches, and pears, and quinces; not to mention broiled shad and roasted chickens; together with bowls of milk and cream, all mingled higgledy-piggledy
What is the banquet at the Van Tassel's house?
500
This happened to Ichabod after he was chased after the party.
What is carried away by the Headless Horseman? What is left the town and became a politician? What is Brom Bones did something to him?
500
What group exchanged stories with Ichabod?
Who are the Dutch housewives?
500
"how he met the horseman returning from his foray into Sleepy Hollow, and was obliged to get up behind him"
What is the tale told by Brouwer to the people at the Van Tassel's party?
500
"the sky was clear and serene, and nature wore that rich and golden livery which we always associate with the idea of abundance"
What is fall/autumn?