English 8 - Exam #2- Conflict / The Elevator/ The Landlady

What type of lodging is Billy looking for?

• an inexpensive lodging
• a luxorious lodging
• a lodging with a garden
• a lodging with animals

Why does Billy think that the bed and breakfast looks promising?

• There are animals
• It is brightly colored.
• There are flowers.
• It is crowded.

What is Billy’s first reaction to the landlady?

• He is afraid of her.
• He is suspicious of her.
• He finds her kind.
• He finds her too pushy.

Why don’t many people stay at the bed and breakfast?

• The landlady is unwelcoming to guests.
• The bed and breakfast is run-down.
• The landlady is very particular about guests.
• Not too many people visit Bath.

Why does Billy think the landlady is a little odd?

• She calls him by the wrong name.
• She is too generous.
• She will not leave Billy alone.
• She will not let Billy leave.

What is abnormal about the boys in the guest-book?

• Billy went to school with them.
• They have uncommon names.
• They are celebrities.
• They are familiar to him.

Why is Billy stuck on the names of the two other guests?

• He starts to remember that something happened to them.
• He saw them not too long ago.
• He knows the landlady is lying about their whereabouts.
• The landlady keeps calling Billy by their names.

What does the landlady insist Billy do?

• stay for a few more days
• drink his tea
• have dinner with her
• meet Mr. Mulholland and Mr. Temple

What is unusual about the animals?

• they are stuffed
• they are sick
• they are mistreated
• they are abnormally well-behaved

What can the reader infer about the landlady from her conversation with Billy in the living room?

• She was a doctor or had some type of medical training since she was able to stuff her pets.
• She is a lonely old woman who lost her son in a war and tries to replace him with her guests.
• She may have witnessed something terrible and suffers memory problems because she cannot recall Billy's name correctly.
• She may be more threatening than she appears because her words suggest that she was involved in the two men's disappearances.