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Questions

1) What is different about his trip home than his trip to the party?

2) How did Ichabod react to the stories about the Headless Horseman?

3) The author wrote, "He repaid them in kind with large extracts from his invaluable author, Cotton Mather, and added many marvellous events that had taken place in his native State of Connecticut…."

What does "extracts" mean in this context?

4) In the same quote below, what does "invaluable" mean?

"He repaid them in kind with large extracts from his invaluable author, Cotton Mather, and added many marvellous events that had taken place in his native State of Connecticut…."

5) How was Ichabod feeling when he left the party?

6) What time did Ichabod leave the party?

7) What sounds could Ichabod hear on his way home?

8) There is no right answer, but how does the setting make you feel at the end of page 20?

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