The Landlady

When Billy arrives in Bath, he ____

• does not have a job

• does not have a place to stay

What seems inviting to Billy when he looks through the window of the old house?

• He sees a dachshund lying in front of the fireplace

• He doesn't see a greedy landlady

What prevents Billy from going on to the Bell and Dragon pub?

• He is transfixed by the sign that says "Bed and Breakfast"

• A passerby tells him the Bell and Dragon isn't nice.

The landlady explains that there are no other guests because___

• there is only one room available

• she is very particular and choosy

At first, Billy thinks that the landlady is ____

• slightly dotty and off her rocker

• lots of fun

What puzzles Billy about the landlady's guest list?

• He is sure he has read the names in the newspaper.

• He things that the guests were famous politicians.

How does the landlady distract Billy when he has almost figured out who Christopher Mulholland is?

• by asking Billy about his job

• by serving him tea with milk and sugar

What is most likely to have happened if Billy had had more time to remember what he knew about the two names?

• He would not have drunk the tea

• He would have noticed the stuffed animals sooner

What do you think makes Billy's tea taste strange?

• Pickled Walnuts

• Poison

The point at which the reader can predict what will happen to Billy is when the landlady says _____

• Mulholland also liked his tea

• that she stuffed her pets