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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 5-7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Billy, what is "extraordinarily strong"?
(a) His compulsion for success.
(b) His compulsion to run.
(c) His compulsion to meet the landlady.
(d) His compulsion to enter the bed and breakfast.

2. How do the buildings surrounding Billy now appear?
(a) Modernized and clean.
(b) Neglected and old.
(c) Cheap and shoddy.
(d) Old-fashioned and antiquated.

3. What does Billy assume about the landlady's past?
(a) That she had never married.
(b) That she lost a husband in an accident.
(c) That she lost a son in the war.
(d) That she was jilted at the altar.

4. What is the name of the place Billy plans to stay the night?
(a) The Bison and Phoenix.
(b) The Bed and Daisy.
(c) The Bat and Griffin.
(d) The Bell and Dragon.

5. While staring in the window of the Bed and Breakfast, how does Billy describe the furniture?
(a) As grotesque.
(b) As pretty.
(c) As pleasant.
(d) As outdated.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the word "rapacious" mean?

2. According to the landlady, how had she been feeling prior to Billy's arrival?

3. What does the sign that catches Billy's eye read?

4. Billy wants to be as successful as whom?

5. According to Billy as he looks in the front window, what is the second negative association he has with staying in a bed and breakfast?

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