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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. Although Billy does not know it, what is likely the source of the scent that Billy smells coming off of the landlady?
(a) Face powder.
(b) Old perfume.
(c) Formaldehyde.
(d) Boiled food.

2. What odd verb does the landlady use when describing Mr. Mulholland's arrival at the bed and breakfast?
(a) Appeared.
(b) Emerged.
(c) Came.
(d) Reached.

3. What does Billy think about the landlady as she is showing him around the bed and breakfast?
(a) That she is younger than he first thought.
(b) That she is old and infirm.
(c) That she is slightly dotty.
(d) That she is criminally insane.

4. What does Billy assume about the landlady's past?
(a) That she lost a son in the war.
(b) That she lost a husband in an accident.
(c) That she was jilted at the altar.
(d) That she had never married.

5. To whose mother does Billy compare the landlady upon first seeing her?
(a) The mother of his mother.
(b) His own mother.
(c) The mother of his neighbor.
(d) The mother of a friend from school.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to Billy, how old is Mr. Mulholland's guestbook entry?

3. From what town did Mr. Temple come?

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

5. What causes Billy to dismiss his initial concerns about the landlady?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. 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?

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

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

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