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Questions

1) What did Ichabod Crane imagine?

2) If Ichabod Crane owned the Van Tassel farm, what do you think he would do?

3) Eaves are where the roof meets the house and forms an overhang. The farmhouse is described as "…the low projecting eaves forming a piazza along the front, capable of being closed up in bad weather."

What does "projecting" mean in this context?

4) Irving wrote, "… mock–oranges and conch–shells decorated the mantelpiece; strings of various–colored birds eggs were suspended above it…"

What does "mock" mean in this context?

5) In the same quote as before (copied below), what does "suspended" mean?

"… mock–oranges and conch–shells decorated the mantelpiece; strings of various–colored birds eggs were suspended above it…"

6) Were there any events that weren't clear to you?