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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 tenants.
(b) Rapacious neighbors.
(c) Rapacious pets.
(d) Rapacious landladies.

2. What mesmerizes Billy as he tries to walk away from the bed and breakfast?
(a) The bouquet of pussy willows.
(b) The green curtains.
(c) The sign in the front window.
(d) The fire in the hearth.

3. As Billy walks, what types of buildings line the street?
(a) Dark warehouses.
(b) Fashionable boutiques.
(c) Tall houses.
(d) Squat stores.

4. Upon staring in the Bed and Breakfast's window, Billy finds himself staring into what room?
(a) A bedroom.
(b) A kitchen.
(c) A study.
(d) A parlor.

5. The use of the word "rapacious" constitutes what type of literary device?
(a) Simile.
(b) Foreshadowing.
(c) Hyperbole.
(d) Oxymoron.

Short Answer Questions

1. The description of the wind in the opening paragraphs of the story employs what literary technique?

2. How is the wind described the night of Billy's arrival in town?

3. How has Billy arrived in this new city?

4. As Billy regards his surroundings, he could tell they once had been what?

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

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