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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of smile does the landlady offer Billy when she opens the door?

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

3. What type of narrator is present in "The Landlady"?

4. How do the buildings surrounding Billy now appear?

5. When Billy first sees the landlady, what does he think of her as?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. As Billy stares through the front window of the bed and breakfast, what does he immediately see inside?

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

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

5. What is Billy wearing? How does he feel?

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

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

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

9. What type of narrator does the story have?

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

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