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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Billy describes the landlady as being "off her rocker," what literary convention is being used?
(a) Idiom.
(b) Simile.
(c) Metaphor.
(d) Personification.

2. According to Billy, what kind of eyes does the landlady have?
(a) Gentle and blue.
(b) Calm and green.
(c) Sly and gray.
(d) Dotty and brown.

3. The description of the wind in the opening paragraphs of the story employs what literary technique?
(a) Simile.
(b) Metaphor.
(c) Hyperbole.
(d) Personification.

4. How does Billy feel about the price of the bed and breakfast?
(a) He believes the landlady is asking too much.
(b) He believes it is incredibly inexpensive.
(c) He believes he could get a better deal at the pub.
(d) He believes it is incredibly expensive.

5. According to the landlady, she is always on the lookout for what?
(a) A way to improve her home.
(b) Some extra money.
(c) A new pet.
(d) An acceptable young gentleman.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. To whom is Billy told to report while in this new city?

3. What does Billy think about the landlady as she is showing him around the bed and breakfast?

4. 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?

5. When the landlady looks "earnestly" into Billy's face, what type of word is "earnestly"?

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