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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. Where are the flowers positioned in the Bed and Breakfast's window?

2. What type of flowers appear in the Bed and Breakfast's window?

3. What is the name of Billy's boss?

4. When Billy goes to enter the bed and breakfast, he does so how?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Billy tell the landlady when she opens the front door? What does she say in reply?

2. Describe the landlady as she appears when Billy first encounters her.

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

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

5. Where does Billy initially plan to stay while in Bath? Why?

6. What is Billy wearing? How does he feel?

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

8. Who is Mr. Greenslade and what directions did he give to Billy, as Billy remembers at the beginning of the story?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the role of foreshadowing in the story. How does the author prepare the reader for the ending from the very first page?

Essay Topic 2

What is the message in “The Landlady”? What point do you think the author might be trying to convey to readers?

Essay Topic 3

Billy finds himself involved in a few conflicts over the course of the story. Choose one instance of internal conflict and one instance of external conflict, and explain how these conflicts have an impact on the story and on Billy.

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