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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. When Billy first sees the landlady, how old does he believe her to be?
(a) 45 or 50.
(b) 55 or 60.
(c) 65 or 70.
(d) 75 or 80.

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

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

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

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

9. 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 tell the landlord of the pub that he will stay at the bed and breakfast instead.
(c) To walk and stretch his legs.
(d) To better compare the pub to the bed and breakfast.

10. Upon staring in the window and seeing the animals inside, what does Billy believe?
(a) They are a good sign.
(b) They are a warning sign.
(c) They are a bad sign.
(d) They are a sign of peace.

11. As Billy walks, what types of buildings line the street?
(a) Squat stores.
(b) Fashionable boutiques.
(c) Tall houses.
(d) Dark warehouses.

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

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

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

15. From what city does Billy originally come?
(a) London.
(b) Liverpool.
(c) Birmingham.
(d) Bristol

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the last name of the protagonist, Billy?

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

3. While staring in the window of the Bed and Breakfast, what type of bird does Billy see inside?

4. How do the buildings surrounding Billy now appear?

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

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