The Legend of Sleepy Hollow Quiz

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow Quiz

6th Grade

9 Qs

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The Legend of Sleepy Hollow Quiz

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow Quiz

Assessment

Quiz

English

6th Grade

Medium

CCSS
L.6.5C, L.6.5B, RL.6.4

Standards-aligned

Created by

Mikki Soto

Used 4+ times

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9 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is synonym for bellowed?

whispered

shouted

mumbled

purred

Answer explanation

Did you know that the Headless Horse is a story of the ghost of a Hessian soldier who was decapitated by a canon's fire during the Revolutionary War?

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5C

2.

FILL IN THE BLANK QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What word means occupied or visited by ghosts?

Answer explanation

Did you know that the main character Ichabod Crane was a real person and an friend of the original author Washington Irving? He was a soldier for 48 years and came from a military family.

3.

DRAG AND DROP QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Choose all the words that mean stunning.​ (a)   ​ (b)   ​ (c)  

gorgeous
excellent
impressive
dull
dreary

Answer explanation

Did you know The Legend of Sleepy Hollow was written in 1820?

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5C

4.

MATCH QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Match the following vocabulary words to their definitions.

behavior that is troublesome or annoying

vanished

to gain the approval or attention

mischief

having a burned surface

scorched

suddenly disappeared/moved out of view

fawned

Answer explanation

Did you know that the story of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow was originally just a drawing.

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is a synonym for a loud, high-pitched sound?

vanished

scorched

shrieked

bellowed

Answer explanation

Did you know the movie Sleepy Hollow stars Johnny Depp and Christina Ricci?

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5B

6.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

What are all the synonyms for mustered?

shrieked

summoned

brought forth

stunning

Answer explanation

Did you know that Ichabod Crane came to Sleepy Hollow to be a school teacher?

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is a antonym for well-behaved?

haunted

fawned

mustered

mischief

Answer explanation

Did you know that the Headless Horse represents a past that never dies, but always haunts the living?

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5B

8.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is a synonym for charred?

scorched

haunted

vanished

mustered

Answer explanation

Did you know that Sleepy Hollow is a real town and the original name was Tarrytown?

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5C

9.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is an antonym for appeared?

vanished

haunted

bellowed

fawned

Answer explanation

Did you know that there really was a soldier whose head was shot off during the war and he is buried in a cemetery not far from where the Ichabod Crane supposedly encountered the Headless Horseman?