WorksheetsThe Landlady -1
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Which is NOT a personality trait of the landlady?
She is dotty.
She is welcoming and nice.
She is young and energetic.
She is weird, odd, or strange.
Billy walked briskly down the street. He was trying to do everything briskly these days. Briskness. he had decided, was the one common characteristic of all successful businessmen. The BIG SHOTS up at the head office were absolutely brisk all the time. They were amazing. What are BIG SHOTS?
boring people
influential people
colleagues
the laborers of the kitchen
A swanky residence is a residence that is
really fashionable
very old looking
in a poor neighborhood
painted white
There was a vase of yellow chrysanthemums, tall and beautiful, standing just underneath the notice. Chrysanthemums are
bedsheets
taverns
flowers
bars
On the carpet in front of the fire, a pretty little dachshund was curled up asleep with its nose tucked to its belly. In this sentence, I can tell a DACHSHUND is
a plant.
an animal.
a parrot.
a small bar.
A pub would be more congenial than a boardinghouse. This sentence is comparing a pub with a boarding house showing the pub
as a miniature house.
as a disgusting place.
as an ugly place to stay.
as a more enjoyable place.
Billy has been dithering about whether to stay at a pub or at a boardinghouse. In other words, he's been _______________ where he could stay.
deciding
doubting
sure
conscious
Normally you ring the bell and you have at least a half-minute's wait before the door opens. But this dame was like a jack-in-the-box. Billy pressed the bell--and out she popped! It made Billy jump. How is the landlady characterized?
It reveals the landlady as a sweet dame.
It shows the landlady as a playful person who loves to read.
It reveals the landlady may be sarcastic.
It shows the landlady can be scary.
Normally you ring the bell and you have at least a half-minute's wait before the door opens. But this dame was like a jack-in-the-box. Billy pressed the bell--and out she popped! It made Billy jump. What's the effect of these lines in the story?
It makes the story somewhat scary.
It makes the story emotional.
It makes the story sad.
It makes the story suspenseful.
The compulsion, or more acurately, the desire to follow after her into that house was extraordinarily strong. What are the words COMPULSION and DESIRE?
similes
antonyms
opposites
synonyms
