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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. According to the landlady, what did they not want to do "at this stage of the proceedings"?
(a) Break any laws.
(b) Tell any lies.
(c) Make any mistakes.
(d) Hurt anyone.

2. Upon showing Billy around the bed and breakfast, how does the landlady describe her home?
(a) As her little lair.
(b) As her little den.
(c) As her little nest.
(d) As her little cave.

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

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

5. According to the landlady, what is the law of the land?
(a) Meeting her dog.
(b) Signing the guestbook.
(c) Making his bed.
(d) Eating supper.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. When the landlady enters the sitting room, what is she carrying on a tray?

4. By comparing the tray to a frisky horse, the narrator is using what literary device?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. According to Billy, what is odd about the dates of the previous entries 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. Upon entering the bed and breakfast, what does Billy notice about the entranceway that strikes him as odd?

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

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