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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. Which bedroom is Billy given?
(a) One facing the back of the house.
(b) One in the middle of the house.
(c) One facing the front of the house.
(d) One facing the side of the house.

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

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

4. From what town did Mr. Mulholland come?
(a) Cardiff.
(b) Manchester.
(c) Birmingham.
(d) Liverpool.

5. Upon hearing Billy say the names of Mr. Mulholland and Mr. Temple, what does the landlady say in response?
(a) That they were special pets.
(b) That they were charming boys.
(c) That they were her true loves.
(d) That they were obnoxious people.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Billy describe the landlady's hands as they are together in the sitting room?

2. Although Billy does not know it, what is likely the source of the scent that Billy smells coming off of the landlady?

3. What is telling about the way in which the landlady discusses Mr. Mulholland and Mr. Temple?

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

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

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. What reaction does Billy have to the information he finds in the guestbook?

3. As Billy waits in the sitting room for the landlady, how does he consider his surroundings? How does he consider himself?

4. When the landlady comes into the sitting room, what is odd about the manner in which she is carrying the object? What might the narrator be trying to tell the reader?

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

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

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

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

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

10. According to the landlady, why does she always keep a room ready?

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