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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What type of smile does the landlady offer Billy when she opens the door?
(a) A warm and welcoming one.
(b) A sly and clever one.
(c) A disturbed and demented one.
(d) A silly and fatuous one.

5. According to Billy, what sort of face does the landlady have?
(a) Large and red.
(b) Round and pink.
(c) Oval and tan.
(d) Small and white.

6. According to Billy as he looks in the front window, what is the third negative association he has with staying in a bed and breakfast?
(a) The smell of kippers.
(b) The sound of kippers.
(c) The taste of kippers.
(d) The sight of kippers.

7. While staring in the window of the Bed and Breakfast, how does Billy describe the furniture?
(a) As grotesque.
(b) As pretty.
(c) As pleasant.
(d) As outdated.

8. According to Billy, what is "extraordinarily strong"?
(a) His compulsion to enter the bed and breakfast.
(b) His compulsion for success.
(c) His compulsion to run.
(d) His compulsion to meet the landlady.

9. Billy compares the mesmerizing object to what?
(a) A large black eye.
(b) A bottomless chasm.
(c) A rotating coin.
(d) A swinging pendulum.

10. When Billy tells the landlady he is inquiring about a place to stay, she says what about the state of the room?
(a) The room will be ready shortly.
(b) The room is taken.
(c) The room is already ready.
(d) The room will be ready in a few days.

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

12. Billy wants to be as successful as whom?
(a) The top bananas.
(b) The big shots.
(c) The head honchos.
(d) The muckety mucks.

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

14. According to Billy as he looks in the front window, what is the first negative association he has with staying in a bed and breakfast?
(a) Watery cabbage.
(b) Boiled broccoli.
(c) Burned Brussels sprouts.
(d) Stewed onions.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How has Billy arrived in this new city?

2. 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?

3. From what city does Billy originally come?

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

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

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