The Landlady by Roald Dahl

1.the story is.....

• a third person narrative

• an excerpt from a novel

• a first person narrative

• an American short story

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The story starts

• on a Friday night

• on a bright summer day

• on a deadly cold day

• on a rainy day

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Billy ...

• has already been to Bath

• has relatives in Bath

• had never heard about Bath

• had never been to Bath before

The houses he discovered

• were a line of small houses all identical

• looked isolated

• were well kept

• were a line of tall houses all identical

The front room looked

• dirty and uncomfortable

• not a very decent place to stay

• pleasant and cosy

• decent and comfortable

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Billy ......

• had already stayed in a boarding house

• had never stayed in a pub

• had never stayed in any boarding houses

• had stayed a couple of nights in a pub once before

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Billy .....

• just took a look at the B&B

• decided to go to the pub

• felt obliged to go to the B&B

• eventually chose to go to the Bell & Dragon

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The landlady ..........

• kept Billy waiting before opening the door

• must have been waiting for Billy to ring the bell

• didn't hear the bell

• forced Billy to enter the house

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the landlady looked ..........

• young and charming

• nice and inviting

• cold and frightening

• cold and unhospitable

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the landlady

• had other visitors

• had very few visitors

• had another visitor

• had many visitors

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