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- 1. Multiple ChoiceWhat was Billy's reasoning for visiting Bath?VacationTeam Soccer TripBusinessVisiting his buddies
- 2. Multiple ChoiceHow many guests had stayed at the Bed and Breakfast before Billy?1234
- 3. Multiple ChoiceWhat type of bird did the Landlady own?ParrotSeagullBig BirdSparrow
- 4. Multiple Choice
__________ is the use of clues or hints to suggest events that will occur later in the plot.
Foreshadowing
Style
Suspense
Theme
- 5. Multiple Choice
Which of the sentences below would NOT be an example of foreshadowing?
“But the air was deadly cold…”
“The wind was like a flat blade of ice on his cheeks”
“But my dear boy, he never left. He’s still here.”
"Billy thanked him and picked up his suitcase and set out to walk the quarter-mile to The Bell and Dragon."
- 6. Multiple Choice
Which of the following details provides the best hint about the landlady’s secret?
The front of the building is rather shabby.
The downstairs window is brightly lit.
The landlady explains that she stuffs all her dead pets.
The landlady serves tea and cookies to Billy before he goes up to his room.
- 7. Multiple Choice
Which statement BEST identifies a theme for the story?
Kindness and hospitality are always a front for danger
Strangers can be more dangerous than they appear
Without street smarts this could happen to anyone
Always take advice from your boss
- 8. Multiple ChoiceOn the last page of the story, which evidence BEST foreshadows Billy's death?"He turned away from the dog and stared with deep admiration at the little woman beside him on the sofa.""Oh it's the perfect age! Mr. Mulholland was also seventeen.""The parrot," he said at last..."It had me completely fooled when I first saw it through the window from the street.""That's good (you signed the book). Because later on, if I happen to forget what you were called, then I can always come down here at look it up."
- 9. Multiple Choice
Billy Weaver is BEST described as...cruel and meansimple and trustingclever and creativesad and lonely - 10. Multiple Choice
During their conversation, Billy notices some qualities about the landlady. At first, Billy thinks that the landlady is.....
very suspicious of why Billy is there
lots of fun to be with
old, feeble, and lost part of her memory
slightly dotty and off her rocker
- 11. Multiple Choice
Which detail appears insignificant in the beginning of the story, but becomes very important in the end?
"Billy was seventeen years old."
"He had never been to Bath before. He didn't know anyone who lived there."
"Certainly, it would be more comfortable than the Bell and Dragon."
"Animals were usually a good sign in a place like this," Billy told himself.
- 12. Multiple Choice
The climax is when the landlady tells Billy that the other guests have not left the bed and breakfast and the reader figures out that she is a killer. Which event is the resolution of the story?
The landlady comforts Billy with a smile
Readers can only assume that Billy will meet the same fate as Temple and Mulholland
Readers find out that the landlady is an insane killer
The readers don't know what happened to the other men or Billy's future
- 13. Multiple Choice
In their conversation about the former guests, the landlady tells Billy that the other young men never left and that they were upstairs on the fourth floor. Then, she refers to them in the past tense. The reader can best conclude that ....
her previous guests are stuffed and are stored upstairs
her previous guests escaped and took her other pets with them
her previous guests died of natural causes
her previous guests never left because they enjoy the landlady's company
- 14. Multiple Choice
Billy sat on the sofa and drank his tea. After some conversation, Billy took another sip of his tea and didn't like it because it tasted a little like bitter almonds. The tea tasted funny because....
she picked walnuts in the same pot that she made tea in
a certain type of poison tastes like bitter almonds
the tea was really old and turned sour
the tea was kept in a leather pouch
- 15. Multiple Choice
The landlady tells Billy all about her other guests. She recalls their names, ages, heights, when they checked in, and details about their skin. What puzzles Billy about the landlady's guest list?
He knows each of the previous guests
All of the names on the guest list are men
He thinks that the guests were famous people
He is sure he has read their names in the newspaper headlines
- 16. Multiple Choice
The Landlady and Billy talk about different things. One conversation they have is about other guests and previous guests from years ago. Presently, the landlady explains that there are no other guests because ........
there is a war going on
she is very particular and choosy about who stays there
there is only one room available
she can't stand too much commotion in the house
- 17. Multiple Choice
The train station porter told Billy about a pub called the Bell & Dragon. While walking there, Billy's eye catches the sign that reads "Bed and Breakfast" and reads it over and over, seeming somewhat hypnotized by it. What prevents Billy from going to the Bell & Dragon pub?
A passerby tells him the Bell & Dragon isn't nice
He is too tired to keep walking
He is mesmerized by the sign that says Bed and Breakfast
He thinks the pub is too far away
- 18. Multiple ChoiceWhere was Billy from?AustraliaGermanyLondonNew York
- 19. Multiple ChoiceWho is the author of The Landlady?Roald DahlEvan HunterJK RowlingPatrick Maloney
- 20. Multiple Choice
"On the other hand, a pub would be more congenial than a boardinghouse." The purpose of the author's use of personification is....
to let the reader know that it costs more to stay at a boardinghouse
to make the reader think that boarding houses are exciting places to stay
to let the reader know that Billy is in a strange town all by himself
to suggest that the pub has a friendlier atmosphere of the two
- 21. Multiple Choice
Billy is sent on a business trip to a city called Bath. His boss told him that there were many places to stay while he is there. When Billy arrives in Bath, he .....?
looks for a place to stay
looks for entertainment
needs to find a job
doesn't have any money
- 22. Multiple Choice
Billy reads a sign outside of a house that reads Bed and Breakfast. He walks up to the house and looks in the window. What two things seem inviting to Billy when he looks through the window of the old house?
He sees a dachshund lying in front of the fireplace
He sees a parrot in a birdcage
He sees a hot water bottle under the covers of the bed
He sees the newspaper with dangerous headlines on it.
- 23. Multiple Choice
The train station porter told Billy about a pub called the Bell & Dragon. While walking there, Billy's eye catches the sign that reads "Bed and Breakfast" and reads it over and over, seeming somewhat hypnotized by it. What prevents Billy from going to the Bell & Dragon pub?
A passerby tells him the Bell & Dragon isn't nice
He is too tired to keep walking
He is mesmerized by the sign that says Bed and Breakfast
He thinks the pub is too far away
- 24. Multiple Choice
The Landlady and Billy talk about different things. One conversation they have is about other guests and previous guests from years ago. Presently, the landlady explains that there are no other guests because ........
there is a war going on
she is very particular and choosy about who stays there
there is only one room available
she can't stand too much commotion in the house
- 25. Multiple Choice
Billy sat on the sofa and drank his tea. After some conversation, Billy took another sip of his tea and didn't like it because it tasted a little like bitter almonds. The tea tasted funny because....
she picked walnuts in the same pot that she made tea in
a certain type of poison tastes like bitter almonds
the tea was really old and turned sour
the tea was kept in a leather pouch
- 26. Multiple Choice
In their conversation about the former guests, the landlady tells Billy that the other young men never left and that they were upstairs on the fourth floor. Then, she refers to them in the past tense. The reader can best conclude that ....
her previous guests are stuffed and are stored upstairs
her previous guests escaped and took her other pets with them
her previous guests died of natural causes
her previous guests never left because they enjoy the landlady's company
- 27. Multiple Choice
The point at which the reader can predict what will happen to Billy is when the landlady says....
that both Billy and Mulholland were seventeen
that she stuffed her pets
Mulholland also liked his tea
Mulholland and Temple haven't left the bed and breakfast
- 28. Multiple Choice
The climax is when the landlady tells Billy that the other guests have not left the bed and breakfast and the reader figures out that she is a killer. Which event is the resolution of the story?
The landlady comforts Billy with a smile
Readers can only assume that Billy will meet the same fate as Temple and Mulholland
Readers find out that the landlady is an insane killer
The readers don't know what happened to the other men or Billy's future
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