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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. How do the buildings surrounding Billy now appear?
(a) Neglected and old.
(b) Old-fashioned and antiquated.
(c) Cheap and shoddy.
(d) Modernized and clean.

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

3. What does the word "rapacious" mean?
(a) Angry and demanding.
(b) Kind and gentle.
(c) Melancholy and depressed.
(d) Greedy and covetous.

4. The use of the word "rapacious" constitutes what type of literary device?
(a) Oxymoron.
(b) Hyperbole.
(c) Simile.
(d) Foreshadowing.

5. How far must Billy walk to get from the train to his chosen place of lodging?
(a) A mile.
(b) A half mile.
(c) Two miles.
(d) A quarter mile.

Short Answer Questions

1. What trait does Billy associate with success?

2. Upon staring in the Bed and Breakfast's window, Billy finds himself staring into what room?

3. While staring in the window of the Bed and Breakfast, what type of dog does Billy see inside?

4. Billy wants to be as successful as whom?

5. What are kippers?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What does the presence of the animals lead Billy to think?

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

7. What type of narrator does the story have?

8. What trait does Billy believe is essential to success? What makes him think this?

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

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

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