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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. When Billy tells the landlady he is inquiring about a place to stay, she says what about the state of the room?
(a) The room is already ready.
(b) The room is taken.
(c) The room will be ready shortly.
(d) The room will be ready in a few days.

2. After Billy finishes looking in the front window, why does Billy plan to walk to The Bell and Dragon?
(a) To walk and stretch his legs.
(b) To better compare the pub to the bed and breakfast.
(c) To stay at the pub instead of at the bed and breakfast.
(d) To tell the landlord of the pub that he will stay at the bed and breakfast instead.

3. According to Billy as he looks in the front window, what is the first negative association he has with staying in a bed and breakfast?
(a) Boiled broccoli.
(b) Stewed onions.
(c) Watery cabbage.
(d) Burned Brussels sprouts.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How far must Billy walk to get from the train to his chosen place of lodging?

3. As Billy walks, what types of buildings line the street?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What type of narrator does the story have?

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What happens when Billy attempts to walk away from the bed and breakfast?

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