I human Tarry Tow n The Legend of Sleepy Hollow - Comprehens ion Questions Final Exam Ch 11 Question and answers correctly solved How did Tarry Town get its name? How did Sleepy Hollow get its name? - ✔✔✔ ANSWER -✔✔✔ Tarry means to linger. The folk of Tarry Town are in no hurry. Sleepy Hollow is like right outside (shop in Tarry Town but live in Sleepy Hollow). Sleepy Hollow was so quiet and tranquil it lolled people to sleep. What mood does the settin g of this story create? - ✔✔✔ ANSWER -
✔✔✔ dreamy but strange; the people thought that the town was bewitched. superstitious stories (caught up in it) Who do the villagers believe the headless horseman is? How did he lose his head? - ✔✔✔ ANSWER -✔✔✔ He was the g host of a Hessian trooper (soldier) who had his head carried away by a cannon -ball in the Revolutionary War What do the villagers think he is doing out at night? Why is he said to be in such a hurry? - ✔✔✔ ANSWER -✔✔✔ looking for his head - he goes to the bat tle scene where he lost it; then he has to rush back to the courtyard where he is buried before daylight What is Ichabod Crane's job? What other job did he do to earn a little more money? - ✔✔✔ ANSWER -✔✔✔ school teacher/ singing master (voice lessons) Wher e does Ichabod Crane live? Why does he need to be able to have all of his belongings in a small bundle? - ✔✔✔ ANSWER -
✔✔✔ he lives with the children he instructed; he has to move often to the different houses (switches weekly) What are two things that Ichabod would do to make himself useful to the farmers? How does he help the wives? - ✔✔✔ ANSWER -
✔✔✔ childcare and assisting in light chores
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