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Reading Check

1. The Revolutionary War (5)

2. His appearance resembles a crane. (8)

3. Cotton Mather (17)

4. She is one of his singing students. (23)

5. A bowl of punch (64)

6. At the bridge (71-72)

7. He saw Ichabod in New York. (81-82)

Short Answer

1. It is called Sleepy Hollow for the listlessness and drowsiness that seems to hang over the land in that region. Legends say it might have been bewitched by a German doctor or an “Indian chief.” (4)

2. Ichabod is attracted to Katrina not only for her beauty, which he compares to the ripeness of a peach, but for the wealth of her inheritance from her father. He imagines himself as the master of the Van Tassel fortune. (28)

3. According to the old farmer, Ichabod left town and taught school elsewhere while studying law. He went into politics and eventually became a judge. (82)