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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 describes the landlady as being "off her rocker," what literary convention is being used?
(a) Idiom.
(b) Personification.
(c) Simile.
(d) Metaphor.

2. According to the landlady, how had she been feeling prior to Billy's arrival?
(a) Exhilarated.
(b) Joyous.
(c) Angry.
(d) Worried.

3. As Billy reads the guestbook, he discovers how many entries above him on the page?
(a) Four.
(b) Two.
(c) One.
(d) Three.

4. When Billy goes down to the sitting room, what does he discover the dog doing?
(a) Sleeping.
(b) Playing.
(c) Eating.
(d) Barking.

5. What does Billy actually do after unpacking his suitcase?
(a) Go to bed.
(b) Explore the rest of the bed and breakfast.
(c) Go down to the sitting room.
(d) Go to The Bell and Dragon.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the landlady, who stays on the first floor of the bed and breakfast?

2. Upon hearing Billy say the names of Mr. Mulholland and Mr. Temple, what does the landlady say in response?

3. What does the landlady offer Billy to eat as they sit together in the sitting room?

4. Where does Billy find the guestbook?

5. According to the landlady, what is the law of the land?

Short Essay Questions

1. According to Billy, what is odd about the dates of the previous entries in the guestbook?

2. What request does the landlady make of Billy before he goes to bed?

3. According to Billy, how does the landlady smell? Of what does the smell remind him?

4. According to the landlady, where had one of the previous guests gone to school? What odd verb does she use to describe his arrival at the bed and breakfast?

5. When the landlady comes into the sitting room, what is odd about the manner in which she is carrying the object? What might the narrator be trying to tell the reader?

6. How much does it cost to stay at the bed and breakfast? What does Billy think of the price?

7. What reaction does Billy have to the information he finds in the guestbook?

8. According to Billy, where did he see the names of the previous guests? What does he believe about the two men?

9. What does Billy believe about the landlady's past that explains her current behavior?

10. What does Billy think of the landlady as he enters the bed and breakfast? Of what does she remind him?

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