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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 does Billy feel about the price of the bed and breakfast?
(a) He believes it is incredibly inexpensive.
(b) He believes it is incredibly expensive.
(c) He believes he could get a better deal at the pub.
(d) He believes the landlady is asking too much.

2. What is Billy's reaction to reading the names of Mr. Mulholland and Mr. Temple?
(a) He thinks they worked at the Head Office.
(b) He thinks he has heard of them before.
(c) He thinks nothing of them.
(d) He thinks he went to school with them.

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

4. From what town did Mr. Temple come?
(a) Bristol.
(b) Sheffield.
(c) Leeds.
(d) York.

5. According to Billy after the landlady shows him to his room, what kind of soul does the landlady have?
(a) A dark and deceptive one.
(b) A kind and generous one.
(c) A romantic and loving one.
(d) A quiet and clever one.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whose mother does Billy compare the landlady upon first seeing her?

2. After the landlady shows Billy to his room, what are his plans?

3. When Billy compares the landlady to a mother, he envisions her welcoming him for what holiday?

4. Where does Billy find the guestbook?

5. As Billy reads the guestbook, he discovers how many entries above him on the page?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

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

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

5. After the landlady leaves Billy in his room, what does Billy think about her? Why counterargument does he use to dismiss this concern?

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

7. Upon entering the bed and breakfast, what does Billy notice about the entranceway that strikes him as odd?

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

9. What objects does the landlady carry into the sitting room while Billy is waiting there?

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

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