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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What name does the landlady call Billy as they are together in the sitting room?
(a) Mr. Wallace.
(b) Mr. Wilkins.
(c) Mr. Wagner.
(d) Mr. White.

2. What does Billy think about the landlady as she is showing him around the bed and breakfast?
(a) That she is slightly dotty.
(b) That she is younger than he first thought.
(c) That she is criminally insane.
(d) That she is old and infirm.

3. According to the landlady, what did Mr. Mulholland love to do?
(a) Knit.
(b) Read novels.
(c) Lift weights.
(d) Drink tea.

4. When Billy thinks the landlady is harmless, what literary device is being used?
(a) Metaphor.
(b) Irony.
(c) Personification.
(d) Simile.

5. When the landlady enters the sitting room, what is she carrying on a tray?
(a) A knife.
(b) A bottle of medicine.
(c) A photo album.
(d) Tea.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the first name of Mr. Mulholland?

2. What has the landlady added to Billy's bed in order to warm it up for him?

3. According to Billy, how do the landlady's hands move as they are together in the sitting room?

4. Although Billy does not know it, what is likely the source of the scent that Billy smells coming off of the landlady?

5. According to Billy after the landlady shows him to his room, what kind of soul does the landlady have?

Short Essay Questions

1. According to Billy, how does the landlady smell? Of what does the smell remind him?

2. What does Billy think about the landlady after he has been speaking with her for a few minutes? Why does he dismiss this concern?

3. According to the landlady, where had one of the previous guests gone to school? What odd verb does she use to describe his arrival at the bed and breakfast?

4. What does Billy believe about the landlady's past that explains her current behavior?

5. Upon entering the bed and breakfast, what does Billy notice about the entranceway that strikes him as odd?

6. What objects does the landlady carry into the sitting room while Billy is waiting there?

7. According to Billy, what are his plans for the night, as he tells the landlady in his room?

8. What does Billy notice about the landlady's hands?

9. What request does the landlady make of Billy before he goes to bed?

10. As Billy waits in the sitting room for the landlady, how does he consider his surroundings? How does he consider himself?

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