"The Landlady" by Roald Dahl

Billy Weaver is all of the following except

• 17 years old

• handsome

• innocent

• suspicious

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Bill wants to be brisk because he things it is a sign of

• success

• youth

• warmth

• looking older than seventeen

The bed and breakfast tempts him because it seems

• lively

• comfortable

• cozy

• both B and C

How does Billy feel when he again looks at the Bed and Breakfast sign?

• joyful

• hypnotized

• unhappy

• disgusted

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After ringing the bell, the landlady opens the door immediately. Sh must have

• run downstairs very quickly

• recognized him

• been told he was arriving that day

• been looking out the window at him

The landlady informs Billy that she only accepts lodgers who are

• polite

• intellegent

• "exactly" right

• educated

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Billy finds it impossible to be suspicious because the landlady seems to be all of the following except

• slightly confused

• warm and motherly

• bright and sharp

• uncercerned about money

Billy feels he has seen the names Christopher Mulholland and Gregory W. Temple prior to seeing them in the guest register. Has he?

• Probably not; his mind is playing tricks on him

• Probably; in newspaper headlines that said they were missing

• Definitely not; they never existed. The landlady made them up

• Yes. They were schoolmates of his

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How does Billy react when the landlady tells him that Mulholland and Temple are still on the fourth floor?

• he's pleased

• he is angry

• he is amused and laughs

• he's puzzled

What is the landlady's hobby

• raising pets

• sutffing animals skins (taxidermy)

• drinking tea

• serving breakfast