The Legend of Sleepy Hollow Quiz

Who wrote the short story 'The Legend of Sleepy Hollow'?

• Washington Irving

• Nathaniel Hawthorne

• Mark Twain

• Edgar Allan Poe

What is the Headless Horseman believed to be in the story?

• A ghost of a German Hessian soldier

• A wandering minstrel

• A local farmer

• A mythical creature

What does the Headless Horseman hold in modern depictions?

• A Jack o' Lantern

• A pumpkin

• A lantern

• A sword

What happens to Ichabod Crane at the end of the story?

• He defeats the Headless Horseman

• He disappears from the town

• He becomes the new Headless Horseman

• He marries Katrina

What is suggested about the true identity of the Headless Horseman?

• It was a local legend with no basis

• It was a real ghost

• It was Bram Bones in disguise

• It was a figment of Ichabod's imagination