The Landlady by Roald Dahl

Billy wants to be "brisk" because it is an obvious sign of

• success
• youth
• keeping warm
• looking older than seventeen

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The Bed and Breakfast (boardinghouse) tempts him because it seems all of the following "EXCEPT"

• livelier than a pub
• very comfortable
• cozy and hospitable
• entirely respectable

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

• unbelieving
• hypnotized
• pleased
• nervous

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After ringing the bell, Billy is promptly invited inside. Although he assumes the landlady is merely prompt, actually she must have

• run downstairs to answer
• been looking out at him
• been forewarned by someone at the train station
• recognized him

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The landlady tells Billy that she only accepts lodgers who are

• well mannered

• intelligent

• exactly right

• well dressed

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

• absent-minded or forgetful
• warm and motherly
• unconcerned about money
• bright and sharp

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

• Probably not; his mind is playing tricks on him.
• Definitely not; those people never existed.
• Definitely yes; they were famous athletes.
• Most likely; and in sensational newspaper headlines.

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When the landlady tell him that Mulholland and Temple are still present, Bill

• is pleased
• is baffled and confused
• laughs at her joke
• asks to meet them

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Billy's tea tastes "faintly of bitter almonds" which is what potassium cyanide taste like. Since the landlady is drinking tea too, what can we infer?

• Both of them will soon be dead.
• The tea is harmless and only has an odd smell.
• "Her" cup of tea doesn't taste faintly of bitter almonds.
• She has drunk so many cups of poison she is immune to it.

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The landlady's hobby is

• raising pets
• keeping a guest book
• drinking tea
• stuffing skins of animals

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