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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where has Billy arrived at the beginning of the story?

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

3. What is the dog that Billy sees doing?

4. What is the name of Billy's boss?

5. How is the air described the night of Billy's arrival in town?

Short Essay Questions

1. What type of narrator does the story have?

2. As Billy walks through town, what does Billy see in the front window of the bed and breakfast? What objects are there?

3. As Billy stares through the front window of the bed and breakfast, what objects does he see inside? What is the effect of these objects on Billy?

4. What is odd about how the landlady opens the door after Billy rings the bell? To what does he compare her?

5. What does Billy tell the landlady when she opens the front door? What does she say in reply?

6. What initially frightens Billy about the bed and breakfast? What does he think about bed and breakfasts in general?

7. Where does Billy initially plan to stay while in Bath? Why?

8. Who is Mr. Greenslade and what directions did he give to Billy, as Billy remembers at the beginning of the story?

9. Who is the protagonist of the story? What does the reader learn about him as the story begins?

10. What does the word "rapacious" mean? How might this description foreshadow what is to come?

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