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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is telling about the way in which the landlady discusses Mr. Mulholland and Mr. Temple?
(a) She does not want to discuss them.
(b) She uses the past tense when discussing them.
(c) She begins to cry when discussing them.
(d) She shows signs of anxiety when discussing them.

2. To whose mother does Billy compare the landlady upon first seeing her?
(a) The mother of his mother.
(b) His own mother.
(c) The mother of a friend from school.
(d) The mother of his neighbor.

3. What sports does Billy think Mr. Mulholland and Mr. Temple played?
(a) Speedway or rounders.
(b) Cricket or football.
(c) Rugby or polo.
(d) Tennis or field hockey.

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

5. How does Billy describe the landlady's hands as they are together in the sitting room?
(a) As large and thick.
(b) As substantial and freckled.
(c) As compact and anemic.
(d) As small and white.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color are the landlady's fingernails?

2. In order to lower the price, the landlady offers to eliminate what?

3. How does Billy feel about the price of the bed and breakfast?

4. By comparing the tray to a frisky horse, the narrator is using what literary device?

5. According to the landlady, who stays on the second floor of 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. When she comes into the sitting room, how does the landlady describe her previous guests?

3. According to Billy, where did he see the names of the previous guests? What does he believe about the two men?

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

5. What refreshments does the landlady offer Billy in the sitting room?

6. When the landlady comes into the sitting room, what is odd about the manner in which she is carrying the object? What might the narrator be trying to tell the reader?

7. What objects does the landlady carry into the sitting room while Billy is waiting there?

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

9. According to the landlady immediately after she welcomes Billy inside, how many people are staying at the bed and breakfast?

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

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