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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. What does the word "rapacious" mean?
2. Billy compares the mesmerizing object to what?
3. What is the bird that Billy sees doing inside the bed and breakfast?
4. According to Billy, what kind of eyes does the landlady have?
5. As Billy regards the front window of the bed and breakfast, how does he feel?
Short Essay Questions
1. As Billy stares through the front window of the bed and breakfast, what does he immediately see inside?
2. After examining the bed and breakfast, why does Billy decide to go to The Bell and Dragon?
3. Who is the protagonist of the story? What does the reader learn about him as the story begins?
4. As Billy walks through town, what does Billy see in the front window of the bed and breakfast? What objects are there?
5. According to Billy, what are the benefits of staying at The Bell and Dragon?
6. Who is Mr. Greenslade and what directions did he give to Billy, as Billy remembers at the beginning of the story?
7. What is Billy wearing? How does he feel?
8. What does the word "rapacious" mean? How might this description foreshadow what is to come?
9. What is odd about how the landlady opens the door after Billy rings the bell? To what does he compare her?
10. Upon seeing the window of the bed and breakfast, how does Billy feel? How does he react?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Mortality (as well as its opposite, immortality) is a key theme in the story. How is this theme illustrated by the story’s characters and plot? What point do you think the author is trying to make regarding this theme?
Essay Topic 2
At what point in the story does it become clear that Billy is in danger? Answer, providing examples from the text.
Essay Topic 3
What makes Billy so attractive to the landlady? Discuss three of Billy’s traits that contribute to his demise.
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