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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 3-4.

Multiple Choice Questions

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(d) As outdated.

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

3. What type of smile does the landlady offer Billy when she opens the door?
(a) A sly and clever one.
(b) A disturbed and demented one.
(c) A silly and fatuous one.
(d) A warm and welcoming one.

4. When Billy first sees the landlady, what does he think of her as?
(a) A dame.
(b) A gentlewoman.
(c) A lady.
(d) A damsel.

5. As Billy regards his surroundings, he could tell they once had been what?
(a) Very swanky.
(b) Very clean.
(c) Very fashionable.
(d) Very expensive.

Short Answer Questions

1. What colors is Billy wearing?

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

3. How has Billy arrived in this new city?

4. Where does Billy work?

5. Where has Billy arrived at the beginning of the story?

(see the answer key)

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