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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. As Billy waits in the sitting room, how does he describe it?
(a) As wonderfully warm and cosy.
(b) As sinister and disturbing.
(c) As light and innocent.
(d) As dark and dreary.

2. What color are the landlady's fingernails?
(a) Red.
(b) Black.
(c) White.
(d) Pink.

3. When the landlady enters the sitting room, what is she carrying on a tray?
(a) Tea.
(b) A bottle of medicine.
(c) A knife.
(d) A photo album.

4. What is the first name of Mr. Mulholland?
(a) Charles.
(b) Christopher.
(c) Cyrus.
(d) Clancy.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Billy notice immediately upon entering the bed and breakfast?

2. What has the landlady added to Billy's bed in order to warm it up for him?

3. According to the landlady, what did they not want to do "at this stage of the proceedings"?

4. According to the landlady, she is always on the lookout for what?

5. What does Billy believe about when Mr. Mulholland left the bed and breakfast?

Short Essay Questions

1. When she comes into the sitting room, how does the landlady describe her previous guests?

2. What memory issues does the landlady exhibit while showing Billy around the bed and breakfast? How does he respond?

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

4. According to the landlady, why do so few people stay at the bed and breakfast?

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

6. What refreshments does the landlady offer Billy in the sitting room?

7. What does Billy notice about the landlady's hands?

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

9. What does Billy surmise about when Mulholland left the bed and breakfast? What makes him think this?

10. According to the landlady immediately after she welcomes Billy inside, how many people are staying at the bed and breakfast?

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