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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 sports does Billy think Mr. Mulholland and Mr. Temple played?
2. What has the landlady added to Billy's bed in order to warm it up for him?
3. As Billy reads the guestbook, he discovers how many entries above him on the page?
4. As Billy waits in the sitting room, how does he view himself?
5. According to the landlady, Billy is allowed to do what in his room?
Short Essay Questions
1. What memory issues does the landlady exhibit while showing Billy around the bed and breakfast? How does he respond?
2. According to Billy, how does the landlady smell? Of what does the smell remind him?
3. 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?
4. According to Billy, where did he see the names of the previous guests? What does he believe about the two men?
5. What does Billy surmise about when Mulholland left the bed and breakfast? What makes him think this?
6. 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?
7. According to the landlady, who stays on the first and second floors?
8. What does Billy notice about the landlady's hands?
9. What does Billy think about the landlady after he has been speaking with her for a few minutes? Why does he dismiss this concern?
10. According to the landlady, why do so few people stay at the bed and breakfast?
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
Discuss the importance of briskness and how it helps to explain Billy’s character. How does the idea of briskness contribute to his fate in the story?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the motivation of the two main characters in the story: Billy Weaver and the landlady. What motivates each? Why does each behave as he or she does? Use evidence from the story to support your answer.
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