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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. As the landlady is showing Billy around the bed and breakfast, what name does she accidentally call him?
2. According to the landlady, what did they not want to do "at this stage of the proceedings"?
3. What does the landlady offer Billy to eat as they sit together in the sitting room?
4. After the landlady shows Billy to his room, what are his plans?
5. What is telling about the way in which the landlady discusses Mr. Mulholland and Mr. Temple?
Short Essay Questions
1. According to the landlady, why do so few people stay at the bed and breakfast?
2. What memory issues does the landlady exhibit while showing Billy around the bed and breakfast? How does he respond?
3. According to Billy, what is odd about the dates of the previous entries in the guestbook?
4. According to the landlady immediately after she welcomes Billy inside, how many people are staying at the bed and breakfast?
5. According to the landlady, who stays on the first and second floors?
6. What reaction does Billy have to the information he finds in the guestbook?
7. What refreshments does the landlady offer Billy in the sitting room?
8. 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?
9. According to Billy, what are his plans for the night, as he tells the landlady in his room?
10. What does Billy think of the landlady as he enters the bed and breakfast? Of what does she remind him?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Analyze the author’s choice to tell this story using Billy’s limited perspective. How does this point of view create suspense for the reader?
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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