Sleepy Hollow

What does the word apparition mean in the following sentence?

Many farmers would see this apparition go swooping past.

• bringing to life

• a ghost or ghostlike image of a person

• a living human being

• the state of existence

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CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.RL.6.4

What does the word fable mean in the following sentence?

But walking home, all the terrors of the fables took form around the timid schoolmaster.

• a belief that is accepted as truth

• a short story conveying a lesson

• a state of being

• writing based on facts

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CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.RL.6.4

What does the word prosperous mean in the following sentence?

Katrina Van Tassel was the only child of one of the most prosperous Dutch farmers of those parts.

• handsome and strong

• lacking necessities; very poor

• successful; wealthy

• a weakness or shortcoming

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CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

What does the word speculation mean in the following sentence?

Years later, there was speculation that Ichabod Crane was still alive.

• disgrace; dishonorable

• neglected; abandoned

• the state of existence

• forming a theory without firm evidence

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CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.RL.6.4

Which character does the word formidable best describe in the following sentence? 

Because he was so strong and powerfully built, he was a formidable rival.  

• Brom Bones

• Ichabod Crane

• Katrina Van Tassel

• Mr. Van Tassel

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CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.RL.6.4

Which character does the word elegance best describe in the following sentence? 

The picture of elegance in the bright gold jewelry. 

• Brom Bones

• Ichabod Crane

• Katrina Van Tassel

• The Headless Horseman

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CCSS.L.6.5C

CCSS.RL.6.4

The protagonist of the story is 

• Brom Bones

• Ichabod Crane

• Katrina Van Tassel

• The Headless Horseman

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CCSS.RL.6.3

The antagonist of the story is 

• Brom Bones

• Ichabod Crane

• Katrina Van Tassel

• The Headless Horseman

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CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.3

Which of the following passages from the text can best be described as tranquil?

• When the good folk of Sleepy Hollow got together around the fire on dark and windy nights, their talk often turned to a mysterious being.

• It's a hidden valley along the Hudson river that's just as quiet and drowsy and dreamy as it can possibly be.

• "There goes Brom Bones," an old lady would say when the whoops and cries of the ruffians woke her in the night.

• The fiddler ran his bow across his violin nodding his head in time to the music.

Which of the following best describes the setting of Sleepy Hollow? 

• busy, crowded city

• peaceful, farming valley

• poor and rundown with lots of needed repairs

• well-to-do community with many wealthy families