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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. According to the narrator, how does Billy feel in his new clothes?
(a) Fine.
(b) Swanky.
(c) Successful.
(d) Clean.

3. Billy compares the mesmerizing object to what?
(a) A rotating coin.
(b) A bottomless chasm.
(c) A swinging pendulum.
(d) A large black eye.

4. What does the word "rapacious" mean?
(a) Kind and gentle.
(b) Melancholy and depressed.
(c) Greedy and covetous.
(d) Angry and demanding.

5. From what city does Billy originally come?
(a) Birmingham.
(b) Bristol
(c) Liverpool.
(d) London.

6. What is the last name of the protagonist, Billy?
(a) Wilder.
(b) Watkins.
(c) Wilkins.
(d) Weaver.

7. Where are the flowers positioned in the Bed and Breakfast's window?
(a) Next to the sign.
(b) Below the sign.
(c) Behind the sign.
(d) Above the sign.

8. As Billy regards the front window of the bed and breakfast, how does he feel?
(a) Immediately sickened by it.
(b) Immediately curious about it.
(c) Immediately repulsed by it.
(d) Immediately drawn to it.

9. While staring in the window of the Bed and Breakfast, what instrument does Billy see?
(a) Clavichord.
(b) Harpsichord.
(c) Piano.
(d) Cello.

10. As Billy regards his surroundings, he could tell they once had been what?
(a) Very expensive.
(b) Very swanky.
(c) Very clean.
(d) Very fashionable.

11. Upon staring in the Bed and Breakfast's window, Billy immediately sees what?
(a) A bright fire in the fireplace.
(b) A table set with tea.
(c) A family portrait.
(d) A lady playing the piano.

12. According to Billy as he looks in the front window, what is the first negative association he has with staying in a bed and breakfast?
(a) Burned Brussels sprouts.
(b) Boiled broccoli.
(c) Watery cabbage.
(d) Stewed onions.

13. The description of the wind in the opening paragraphs of the story employs what literary technique?
(a) Personification.
(b) Simile.
(c) Hyperbole.
(d) Metaphor.

14. What is the bird that Billy sees doing inside the bed and breakfast?
(a) Repeating a word.
(b) Flying back and forth.
(c) Sitting inside a cage.
(d) Singing.

15. According to Billy as he looks in the front window, what is the benefit of staying at the bed and breakfast?
(a) The bed and breakfast will be less comfortable than the pub.
(b) The bed and breakfast will be more comfortable than the pub.
(c) The bed and breakfast will not be comfortable at all.
(d) The bed and breakfast will be just as comfortable as the pub.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the buildings surrounding Billy now appear?

2. What is the color of the velvet curtains that hang in the Bed and Breakfast's window?

3. When Billy goes to enter the bed and breakfast, he does so how?

4. According to Billy, what is "extraordinarily strong"?

5. How has Billy arrived in this new city?

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