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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of Billy's boss?
(a) Mr. Goodane.
(b) Mr. Greenslade.
(c) Mr. Goldstein.
(d) Mr. Graystone.

2. What colors is Billy wearing?
(a) Yellow and gray.
(b) Black and red.
(c) Brown and blue.
(d) Purple and olive.

3. As Billy regards his surroundings, he could tell they once had been what?
(a) Very swanky.
(b) Very clean.
(c) Very fashionable.
(d) Very expensive.

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

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

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

7. 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 just as comfortable as the pub.
(b) The bed and breakfast will be less comfortable than the pub.
(c) The bed and breakfast will not be comfortable at all.
(d) The bed and breakfast will be more comfortable than the pub.

8. Whom does Billy ask to recommend a place to stay?
(a) A passerby.
(b) His father.
(c) The porter.
(d) His boss.

9. 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.

10. 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 taste of kippers.
(b) The smell of kippers.
(c) The sound of kippers.
(d) The sight of kippers.

11. After Billy rings the doorbell, how long does it take the landlady to answer the door?
(a) Ten minutes.
(b) One minute.
(c) Almost immediately.
(d) Five minutes.

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

13. Where does Billy work?
(a) The Head Office.
(b) The Home Office.
(c) The Hazel Office.
(d) The Human Office.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Billy as he looks in the front window, what is the second benefit of staying at The Bell and Dragon?

2. To whom is Billy told to report while in this new city?

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

4. Where are the flowers positioned in the Bed and Breakfast's window?

5. What trait does Billy associate with success?

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