The Landlady

Who is the protagonist of The Landlady?

• Billy Perkins
• Billy Weaver
• Gregory Temple
• Christopher Mulholland

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

When Billy arrives in Bath, he

• doesn't have a job

• doesn't have a place to stay

• looks for entertainment

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Billy had decided that _________ was the one common characteristic of all successful businessmen.

• honesty

• mindfulness

• briskness

• courtesy

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

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

• The landlady opens the door and invites him in.

• The worker at the train station tells him it isn't a nice place to go.

• He is too tired to keep walking.

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.3

After Billy pressed the doorbell, the woman appeared like _______________.

• a jack-in-the-box

• a pop-up storybook

• a slice of toast

• an angel

Tags

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.8.5A

CCSS.RL.8.4

When Billy heard the price of the room, he thought it was…

• fairly priced

• outrageously overpriced

• fantastically cheap

• a tad bit expensive

Tags

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.8.5C

CCSS.RL.8.4

Billy thinks the landlady is

• lots of fun

• quite suspicious

• old and feeble

• dotty and off her rocker

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5C

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.4

The landlady might resemble a ___________ when she says she has "the pleasure of taking a visitor into my little nest."

• a parrot

• a spider

• a duck

Answer explanation

Or, she could be compared to a bird of prey, a raptor (further echoing Dahl' clever choice of words to describe landladies as "rapacious" - using the root, rap)

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.4

What puzzles Billy about the guestbook?

• He believes the names are of famous politicians

• All the names on the list are men

• the last guest stayed here 2 years ago

• He is sure he read the names in the newspaper

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.3

Christopher Mulholland and Gregory Temple were familiar to Billy because:

• they had both mysteriously gone missing

• they were a famous comedy duo

• they weren't actually familiar to Billy; he was confused because the poison had gone to his brain

• he had gone to school with them

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.1