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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 8-11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Billy, how do the landlady's hands move as they are together in the sitting room?
(a) Clumsily.
(b) Awkwardly.
(c) Quickly.
(d) Slowly.

2. What odd verb does the landlady use when describing Mr. Mulholland's arrival at the bed and breakfast?
(a) Reached.
(b) Appeared.
(c) Emerged.
(d) Came.

3. What has the landlady added to Billy's bed in order to warm it up for him?
(a) A hot brick.
(b) A hot baking pan.
(c) A hot water bottle.
(d) Hot coals.

4. According to the landlady, how had she been feeling prior to Billy's arrival?
(a) Angry.
(b) Worried.
(c) Exhilarated.
(d) Joyous.

5. As Billy reads the guestbook, he discovers how many entries above him on the page?
(a) One.
(b) Three.
(c) Four.
(d) Two.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Billy think about the landlady as she is showing him around the bed and breakfast?

2. According to the landlady, why do so few people stay at the bed and breakfast?

3. While staring in the window of the Bed and Breakfast, what type of dog does Billy see inside?

4. What does the word "rapacious" mean?

5. To whose mother does Billy compare the landlady upon first seeing her?

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