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Name: _________________________ | Period: ___________________ |
This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Billy notice immediately upon entering the bed and breakfast?
2. According to the landlady, Billy is allowed to do what in his room?
3. What color are the landlady's fingernails?
4. What information does Billy add to the guestbook?
5. According to the landlady, she is always on the lookout for what?
Short Essay Questions
1. When she comes into the sitting room, how does the landlady describe her previous guests?
2. According to the landlady, who stays on the first and second floors?
3. 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?
4. What refreshments does the landlady offer Billy in the sitting room?
5. According to Billy, how does the landlady smell? Of what does the smell remind him?
6. What does Billy think about the landlady after he has been speaking with her for a few minutes? Why does he dismiss this concern?
7. According to Billy, where did he see the names of the previous guests? What does he believe about the two men?
8. What reaction does Billy have to the information he finds in the guestbook?
9. What memory issues does the landlady exhibit while showing Billy around the bed and breakfast? How does he respond?
10. According to Billy, what are his plans for the night, as he tells the landlady in his room?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
At what point in the story does it become clear that Billy is in danger? Answer, providing examples from the text.
Essay Topic 2
What makes Billy so attractive to the landlady? Discuss three of Billy’s traits that contribute to his demise.
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the supernatural elements in the story and how they impact Billy and the plot.
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