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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 is the first name of Mr. Temple?

2. According to the landlady, what did they not want to do "at this stage of the proceedings"?

3. According to the landlady, she is always on the lookout for what?

4. To what does Billy compare the scent of the landlady?

5. According to the landlady, what school had Mr. Mulholland attended when he came to the bed and breakfast?

Short Essay Questions

1. According to Billy, what are his plans for the night, as he tells the landlady in his room?

2. Upon entering the bed and breakfast, what does Billy notice about the entranceway that strikes him as odd?

3. What request does the landlady make of Billy before he goes to bed?

4. As Billy waits in the sitting room for the landlady, how does he consider his surroundings? How does he consider himself?

5. What does Billy think about the landlady after he has been speaking with her for a few minutes? Why does he dismiss this concern?

6. According to Billy, how does the landlady smell? Of what does the smell remind him?

7. When she comes into the sitting room, how does the landlady describe her previous guests?

8. How much does it cost to stay at the bed and breakfast? What does Billy think of the price?

9. According to Billy, what is odd about the dates of the previous entries in the guestbook?

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

What, in your opinion, caused Billy’s downfall? Answer using support from the text.

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

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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