I think the author choose abandoned farmhouse as the title to emphasis on the significance of the abandoned farmhouse.
Answer:
1) rise/run = 4/4 = 1
slope = 1x
2) rise/run = 5/3
slope = 5/3x
Hope this helps :)
11. mosquitos or mosquitoes
12.sopranos
13. echos or echoes
14.mice
15.Heroes
16.children
17.Oxen
18.thousand
19.t's
20.shelves
21.beliefs
22.cries
23.monkeys
24.father-in-law
25.sheep
26.pianos
27.spoonfuls
28 eskimos
29.knives
30.clutches
31.radios
32.potatoes
33.lasses
34.altos
35.and
36.babies
37.chefs
38.arpeggios
39.pulleys
40.waxes
41.lunches
42.counties
43. deer
44.boys
45.women
46.men-at-arms
47.dragonflies
48.benches
49.grasses
50.sailfishes