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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 8-11.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When Billy goes to enter the bed and breakfast, he does so how?
(a) Hastily.
(b) Automatically.
(c) Deliberately.
(d) Carefully.

3. According to the landlady, what did they not want to do "at this stage of the proceedings"?
(a) Make any mistakes.
(b) Hurt anyone.
(c) Tell any lies.
(d) Break any laws.

4. According to the landlady, what did Mr. Mulholland love to do?
(a) Drink tea.
(b) Lift weights.
(c) Read novels.
(d) Knit.

5. According to the landlady, how had she been feeling prior to Billy's arrival?
(a) Exhilarated.
(b) Angry.
(c) Joyous.
(d) Worried.

Short Answer Questions

1. As the landlady is showing Billy around the bed and breakfast, what name does she accidentally call him?

2. The phrase "as though the tray were a pair of reins on a frisky horse" is what type of figurative language?

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

4. By comparing the tray to a frisky horse, the narrator is using what literary device?

5. According to Billy after the landlady shows him to his room, what kind of soul does the landlady have?

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