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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As Billy waits in the sitting room, how does he view himself?
(a) As confused.
(b) As in danger.
(c) As lucky.
(d) As frightened.

2. After the landlady shows Billy to his room, what are his plans?
(a) To visit the Home Office.
(b) To see The Bell and Dragon.
(c) To unpack and go to bed.
(d) To have dinner with the landlady.

3. What does Billy believe about when Mr. Mulholland left the bed and breakfast?
(a) That he left recently.
(b) That he left shortly after arriving.
(c) That he left years earlier.
(d) That he never left.

4. Although Billy does not know it, what is likely the source of the scent that Billy smells coming off of the landlady?
(a) Boiled food.
(b) Formaldehyde.
(c) Old perfume.
(d) Face powder.

5. According to the landlady, Billy is allowed to do what in his room?
(a) Move the furniture.
(b) Open the window.
(c) Use the phone.
(d) Light the fire.

6. According to the landlady, what did they not want to do "at this stage of the proceedings"?
(a) Hurt anyone.
(b) Make any mistakes.
(c) Tell any lies.
(d) Break any laws.

7. According to the landlady, who stays on the first floor of the bed and breakfast?
(a) The landlady.
(b) Billy.
(c) The servants.
(d) The other boarders.

8. After showing Billy to his room, what does the landlady offer him?
(a) A cocktail.
(b) A hot bath.
(c) Coffee.
(d) Supper.

9. According to the landlady, why do so few people stay at the bed and breakfast?
(a) Because she is so choosy.
(b) Because her prices are so high.
(c) Because most people prefer The Bell and Dragon.
(d) Because of her reputation.

10. To whose mother does Billy compare the landlady upon first seeing her?
(a) The mother of his neighbor.
(b) His own mother.
(c) The mother of his mother.
(d) The mother of a friend from school.

11. To what does Billy compare the scent of the landlady?
(a) Wet dog.
(b) Moth balls.
(c) The corridors of a hospital.
(d) Old kippers.

12. According to Billy, how do the landlady's hands move as they are together in the sitting room?
(a) Quickly.
(b) Clumsily.
(c) Slowly.
(d) Awkwardly.

13. When the landlady looks "earnestly" into Billy's face, what type of word is "earnestly"?
(a) Adverb.
(b) Verb.
(c) Noun.
(d) Adjective.

14. What name does the landlady call Billy as they are together in the sitting room?
(a) Mr. Wilkins.
(b) Mr. Wagner.
(c) Mr. Wallace.
(d) Mr. White.

15. By comparing the tray to a frisky horse, the narrator is using what literary device?
(a) Slant rhyme.
(b) Idiom.
(c) Hyperbole.
(d) Foreshadowing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the landlady offer Billy to eat as they sit together in the sitting room?

2. According to Billy, how old is Mr. Mulholland's guestbook entry?

3. As Billy looks at the landlady for the first time, he believes what about her personality?

4. How does Billy describe the landlady's hands as they are together in the sitting room?

5. According to the landlady, what was notable about the appearance of both Mr. Mulholland and Mr. Temple?

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