The Landlady

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

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

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CCSS.RL.9-10.3

"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

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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.

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CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

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CCSS.RI.9-10.1

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

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CCSS.RI.2.1

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CCSS.RL.2.1

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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

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

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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

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

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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

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

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CCSS.RL.9-10.4

As Billy signs the guestbook, he looks at the other two names and wonders where he's heard them before. The landlady comes into the room with a tea tray and he tells her that he's heard those names before. Right as he remembers where he's seen those names, the landlady distracts Billy by....

• asking him if he wants milk and sugar with his tea

• asking "Eaton schoolboy? No! That can't possibly be right" and continues to describe him

• asking Billy about his job and when he's leaving in the morning

• talking about her stuffed animals

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CCSS.RL.5.4

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CCSS.RL.9-10.4

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

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CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

In this story, Billy's main conflict can be described as...

• character vs. nature

• character vs. technology

• character vs. character

• character vs. self

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3