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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. Where are the flowers positioned in the Bed and Breakfast's window?
(a) Next to the sign.
(b) Behind the sign.
(c) Above the sign.
(d) Below the sign.

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

3. 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 not be affordable at all.
(b) The Bell and Dragon will be less expensive than the bed and breakfast.
(c) The Bell and Dragon will be just as expensive as the bed and breakfast.
(d) The Bell and Dragon will be more expensive than the bed and breakfast.

4. What is the color of the velvet curtains that hang in the Bed and Breakfast's window?
(a) Green.
(b) Blue.
(c) Red.
(d) Black.

5. Upon staring in the Bed and Breakfast's window, Billy finds himself staring into what room?
(a) A parlor.
(b) A study.
(c) A bedroom.
(d) A kitchen.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Billy, what is "extraordinarily strong"?

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

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

4. The use of the word "rapacious" constitutes what type of literary device?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Upon seeing the window of the bed and breakfast, how does Billy feel? How does he react?

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

4. How does the narrator describe the weather at the beginning of the story?

5. According to Billy, what are the benefits of staying at The Bell and Dragon?

6. Describe the landlady as she appears when Billy first encounters her.

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

8. What argument does Billy use to convince himself to stay at the bed and breakfast?

9. As Billy stares through the front window of the bed and breakfast, what animals does he see inside? What are they doing?

10. What type of narrator does the story have?

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