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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are kippers?
(a) A type of fish.
(b) A type of music.
(c) A type of bird.
(d) A type of vegetable.

2. 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.

3. According to Billy as he looks in the front window, what is the benefit of staying at the bed and breakfast?
(a) The bed and breakfast will be more comfortable than the pub.
(b) The bed and breakfast will not be comfortable at all.
(c) The bed and breakfast will be less comfortable than the pub.
(d) The bed and breakfast will be just as comfortable as the pub.

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

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

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

7. Where are the flowers positioned in the Bed and Breakfast's window?
(a) Next to the sign.
(b) Behind the sign.
(c) Above the sign.
(d) Below the sign.

8. What type of flowers appear in the Bed and Breakfast's window?
(a) Lilies.
(b) Baby's breath.
(c) Pussy willows.
(d) Roses.

9. What is the name of the place Billy plans to stay the night?
(a) The Bed and Daisy.
(b) The Bison and Phoenix.
(c) The Bat and Griffin.
(d) The Bell and Dragon.

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

11. What is the bird that Billy sees doing inside the bed and breakfast?
(a) Singing.
(b) Sitting inside a cage.
(c) Flying back and forth.
(d) Repeating a word.

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

13. Where has Billy arrived at the beginning of the story?
(a) Dover.
(b) Bath.
(c) Leeds.
(d) Manchester.

14. What does the word "rapacious" mean?
(a) Kind and gentle.
(b) Melancholy and depressed.
(c) Angry and demanding.
(d) Greedy and covetous.

15. According to the narrator, how does Billy feel in his new clothes?
(a) Successful.
(b) Clean.
(c) Fine.
(d) Swanky.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of smile does the landlady offer Billy when she opens the door?

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

3. When Billy first sees the landlady, he compares her to what object?

4. What does the sign that catches Billy's eye read?

5. When Billy first sees the landlady, how old does he believe her to be?

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