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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What type of narrator is present in "The Landlady"?
(a) Second person.
(b) Third person limited.
(c) Third person omniscient.
(d) First person.

3. Upon staring in the Bed and Breakfast's window, Billy immediately sees what?
(a) A lady playing the piano.
(b) A bright fire in the fireplace.
(c) A family portrait.
(d) A table set with tea.

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?
(a) Rapacious pets.
(b) Rapacious landladies.
(c) Rapacious neighbors.
(d) Rapacious tenants.

5. After Billy finishes looking in the front window, why does Billy plan to walk to The Bell and Dragon?
(a) To better compare the pub to the bed and breakfast.
(b) To tell the landlord of the pub that he will stay at the bed and breakfast instead.
(c) To walk and stretch his legs.
(d) To stay at the pub instead of at the bed and breakfast.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Billy goes to enter the bed and breakfast, he does so how?

2. While staring in the window of the Bed and Breakfast, what type of dog does Billy see inside?

3. As Billy regards the front window of the bed and breakfast, how does he feel?

4. What type of flowers appear in the Bed and Breakfast's window?

5. According to Billy, what sort of face does the landlady have?

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