The Landlady

Which sentence from the introduction includes foreshadowing that something bad will happen to Billy?

• But the air was deadly cold and the wind was like a flat blade of ice on his cheeks.

• By the time he got to Bath it was about nine o’clock in the evening and the moon was coming up out of a clear starry sky over the houses opposite the station entrance.

• “Excuse me,” he said, “but is there a fairly cheap hotel not too far away from here?”

• Billy thanked him and picked up his suitcase and set out to walk the quarter-mile to The Bell and Dragon.

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

__________ is the use of clues or hints to suggest events that will occur later in the plot.

• Foreshadowing

• Style

• Suspense

• Theme

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

Christopher Mulholland and Gregory Temple were familiar to Billy because...

• they had both mysteriously gone missing

• they were a famous comedy duo

• he had gone to school with them

• they were famous football players

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RI.1.1

__________ is the feeling of growing tension or excitement felt by the reader of a horror story.

• Foreshadowing

• Style

• Suspense

• Theme

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

Which of the following details provides the best hint about the landlady’s secret?

• The front of the building is rather shabby.

• The downstairs window is brightly lit.

• The landlady explains that she stuffs all her dead pets.

• The landlady serves tea and cookies to Billy before he goes up to his room.

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

Which statement best foreshadows Billy's fate?

• “That’s good. Because later on, if I happen to forget what you were called, then I could always come down here and look it up. I still do that almost every day with Mr. Mulholland and Mr. . . . Mr. . . .”

• She patted the empty place beside her on the sofa, and she sat there smiling at Billy and waiting for him to come over.

• Billy started sipping his tea. She did the same. For half a minute or so, neither of them spoke. But Billy knew that she was looking at him.

• On the other hand, a pub would be more congenial than a borading-house.

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

Which word best describes the mood of this story?

• joyful

• suspenseful

• angry

• comical

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

According to the landlady, the reason she rarely had visitors was that...

• she was so far out of the way

• she refused to accept anyone who didn’t display exceptional manners

• not many travelers stayed in the town of Bath

• she was inclined to be too choosy and particular

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

The author describes the air as, "deadly cold and the wind was like a flat blade of ice on his cheeks." What kind of figurative language is this?

• onomatopoeia

• imagery

• simile

• metaphor

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

Which statement below is true about the story's point of view?

• The narrator is all-knowing, or omniscient.

• The story is told using first person pronouns.

• The point of view in the story is third person limited.

• The narrator is a character in the story.

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CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4