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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 1-2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the color of the velvet curtains that hang in the Bed and Breakfast's window?
(a) Green.
(b) Red.
(c) Black.
(d) Blue.

2. What colors is Billy wearing?
(a) Yellow and gray.
(b) Brown and blue.
(c) Black and red.
(d) Purple and olive.

3. How has Billy arrived in this new city?
(a) By train.
(b) By carriage.
(c) By boat.
(d) By plane.

4. What trait does Billy associate with success?
(a) Exuberance.
(b) Briskness.
(c) Robustness.
(d) Vigor.

5. How is the wind described the night of Billy's arrival in town?
(a) As a hammer of cold.
(b) As a piercing icicle.
(c) As a shot of frost.
(d) As a blade of ice.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the narrator, how does Billy feel in his new clothes?

2. Whom does Billy ask to recommend a place to stay?

3. How far must Billy walk to get from the train to his chosen place of lodging?

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

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

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