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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. What name does the landlady call Billy as they are together in the sitting room?
(a) Mr. White.
(b) Mr. Wallace.
(c) Mr. Wilkins.
(d) Mr. Wagner.

2. According to the landlady, what school had Mr. Mulholland attended when he came to the bed and breakfast?
(a) Oxford.
(b) King's College.
(c) Imperial College.
(d) Cambridge.

3. According to the landlady, who stays on the first floor of the bed and breakfast?
(a) The landlady.
(b) The other boarders.
(c) Billy.
(d) The servants.

4. According to Billy, how old is Mr. Temple's guestbook entry?
(a) 4 years old.
(b) 2 years old.
(c) 6 months old.
(d) 1 year old.

5. As Billy waits in the sitting room, how does he view himself?
(a) As frightened.
(b) As in danger.
(c) As lucky.
(d) As confused.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where does Billy find the guestbook?

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

4. Which bedroom is Billy given?

5. From what town did Mr. Mulholland come?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. According to the landlady, who stays on the first and second floors?

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

8. According to Billy, what are his plans for the night, as he tells the landlady in his room?

9. 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?

10. What information does Billy discover in the guestbook?

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