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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In order to lower the price, the landlady offers to eliminate what?
(a) The fire in his room.
(b) The egg at breakfast.
(c) The tea at supper.
(d) The wakeup call in the morning.

2. When Billy thinks the landlady is harmless, what literary device is being used?
(a) Metaphor.
(b) Simile.
(c) Personification.
(d) Irony.

3. According to Billy as he looks in the front window, what is the third negative association he has with staying in a bed and breakfast?
(a) The smell of kippers.
(b) The sight of kippers.
(c) The sound of kippers.
(d) The taste of kippers.

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

5. What is the dog that Billy sees doing?
(a) Yawning.
(b) Sleeping.
(c) Barking.
(d) Eating.

Short Answer Questions

1. From what town did Mr. Temple come?

2. What mesmerizes Billy as he tries to walk away from the bed and breakfast?

3. The phrase "as though the tray were a pair of reins on a frisky horse" is what type of figurative language?

4. According to Billy as he looks in the front window, what is the benefit of staying at the bed and breakfast?

5. What type of narrator is present in "The Landlady"?

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