| A | B |
|---|
| burly | big and strong ; sturdy |
| conscientious | careful to do what you know is right |
| dismal | dark and gloomy, dreary |
| drowsy | half asleep, sleepy |
| inhabitant | a person or animal that lives in a place |
| menace | threat |
| mischief | conduct that causes harm or trouble |
| murmur | a soft low sound |
| reign | period of power of a ruler |
| rivals | trying to equal or outdo another, competing |
| Who was the schoolmaster? | Ichabod Crane |
| Who wrote "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" | Washington Irving |
| Who was the Headless Horseman? | the ghost of a Hessian soldier killed in the Revolutionary War |
| " Spare the rod and spoil the child" was said by | Ichadbod Crane |
| Who was Katrina Van Tassel? | an eighteen year old wealthy beauty who took singing lessons from Ichadbod Crane |
| Who read the History of New England Witchcraft? | Ichabod Crane |
| Who looked like a scarecrow escaped from the field? | Ichabod Crane |
| Who had more mischief than ill will? | Brom Bones |
| Who was Ichabod's rival? | Brom Bones |
| What was Brom Van Brunt's nickname? | Brom Bones because of his mighty frame and great powers of limb |
| Who told marvelous tales of ghosts, goblins, haunted houses and the Headless Horseman? | old Dutch wives |
| The horse Ichadbod rode was... | Gunpowder |
| What was found on the bank of the brook ? | a shattered pumpkin |
| Years later the farmer found out that Ichabod had left town because... | of his fear of the goblin and he had been dismissed by Katrina |
| Why did people suspect that Brom Bones was the Headless Horseman? | He would always burst into a hearty laugh at the mention of the pumpkin |
