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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do the buildings surrounding Billy now appear?
(a) Cheap and shoddy.
(b) Neglected and old.
(c) Old-fashioned and antiquated.
(d) Modernized and clean.

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

3. To whom is Billy told to report while in this new city?
(a) The Head Manager.
(b) The Associate Manager.
(c) The Branch Manager.
(d) The Administrative Manager.

4. How is the air described the night of Billy's arrival in town?
(a) As mildly warm.
(b) As pleasantly brisk.
(c) As deadly cold.
(d) As shockingly freezing.

5. What type of narrator is present in "The Landlady"?
(a) First person.
(b) Third person limited.
(c) Third person omniscient.
(d) Second person.

6. What game does Billy look forward to playing at the pub?
(a) Quoits.
(b) Billiards.
(c) Darts.
(d) Pitch penny.

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

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

9. When Billy first sees the landlady, he compares her to what object?
(a) A jack-in-the-box.
(b) A top.
(c) A slinky.
(d) A robot.

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

11. What is the last name of the protagonist, Billy?
(a) Wilder.
(b) Weaver.
(c) Wilkins.
(d) Watkins.

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

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

14. What does the sign that catches Billy's eye read?
(a) ROOM AND BOARD.
(b) ROOM FOR RENT.
(c) BED AND BREAKFAST.
(d) BOARDING HOUSE.

15. 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 sight of kippers.
(c) The smell of kippers.
(d) The sound of kippers.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Billy tells the landlady he is inquiring about a place to stay, she says what about the state of the room?

2. What trait does Billy associate with success?

3. Whom does Billy ask to recommend a place to stay?

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

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

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