English, 06.07.2019 06:30 twistedgamerhd12

Read the passage below carefully and then choose true or false. (from “the legend of sleepy hollow,” by washington irving) the mysterious event caused much speculation at the church on the following sunday. knots of gazers and gossips were collected in the churchyard, at the bridge, and at the spot where the hat and pumpkin had been found. the stories of brouwer, of bones, and a whole budget of others, were called to mind; and when they had diligently considered them all, and compared them with the symptoms of the present case, they shook their heads, and came to the conclusion that ichabod had been carried off by the galloping hessian. as he was a bachelor, and in nobody’s debt, nobody troubled his head any more about him. the school was removed to a different quarter of the hollow, and another pedagogue reigned in his stead. true or false: the “knots of gazers and gossips” determined what had happened to ichabod by contrasting stories. true false

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