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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. While staring in the window of the Bed and Breakfast, how does Billy describe the furniture?

2. What is the last name of the protagonist, Billy?

3. As Billy regards the front window of the bed and breakfast, how does he feel?

4. What are kippers?

5. According to Billy as he looks in the front window, what is the third negative association he has with staying in a bed and breakfast?

Short Essay Questions

1. What initially frightens Billy about the bed and breakfast? What does he think about bed and breakfasts in general?

2. What does the presence of the animals lead Billy to think?

3. What trait does Billy believe is essential to success? What makes him think this?

4. After examining the bed and breakfast, why does Billy decide to go to The Bell and Dragon?

5. As Billy walks through town, what does Billy notice about his surroundings?

6. How does the narrator describe the weather at the beginning of the story?

7. Who is the protagonist of the story? What does the reader learn about him as the story begins?

8. As Billy walks through town, what does Billy see in the front window of the bed and breakfast? What objects are there?

9. Upon seeing the window of the bed and breakfast, how does Billy feel? How does he react?

10. What argument does Billy use to convince himself to stay at the bed and breakfast?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze how the story’s setting influences the story’s plot, characters, and themes.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay analyzing how the author uses characters and behaviors to develop and strengthen the theme of possessiveness.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the character of Billy. How does he illustrate both childhood and adulthood?

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