NEW
Font size
WorksheetsThe Landlady
Total questions: 24
Worksheet time: 35mins
At first, Billy thinks the landlady is ----
very strange and suspicious.
slightly dotty or crazy, but harmless.
lots of fun.
old and boring.
What prevents Billy from going to the Bell and Dragon pub?
He is hypnotized or compelled 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.
The landlady explains that there are no other guests because ---
of the war.
there is only one room available.
she is very particular and choosy.
she can't stand too much noise.
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
Which word best describes the mood of this story?
joyful
suspenseful
angry
comical
If the author shows you what the character is like through speech or actions and you have to infer, that is
Which statement BEST identifies a theme for the story?
Kindness and hospitality are always a front for danger
Strangers can be more dangerous than they appear
Without street smarts this could happen to anyone
Always take advice from your boss
By the time Billy Weaver made it into Bath it was...
late morning
early afternoon
late afternoon
evening
How did Billy feel when he began walking up to the Bed and Breakfast?
completely normal
strangely hypnotized
somewhat seasick
too exhausted to read the sign
When Billy heard the price of the room, he thought it was...
fairly priced
somewhat reasonable
fantastically cheap
a tad bit expensive
After showing him to his room, the landlady asked Billy to come downstairs to...
talk to her parrot
sign her guestbook
view the portraits on her walls
sign the lodging contract
When Billy came downstairs, the landlady offered him...
a glass of warm milk
two freshly baked chocolate chip cookies
a cup of tea and a ginger biscuit
a slide of hummingbird cake
When he discovered that the landlady’s hobby was taxidermy, what was Billy's immediate reaction?
shocked but intrigued
emotionless and unaffected
delighted and compassionate
angry and full of hatred
Make an inference: The author writes that Mr. Greenslade told Billy to, "Find your own lodgings, and then go along and report to the Branch Manager as soon as you've got yourself settled." Why is Billy in Bath?
to take a vacation
to look for a new place to live
to start a new job
to take a bath
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
"Swanky" means...
funky
stylish
cheap
smelly
Someone who is "rapacious" is...
aggressive and greedy
nice and friendly
roomy and comfortable
annoying and talkative
"Conjure" means...
to tease; to torture
to stay in one place
to create or make
to gaze; to look
What is unusual about the animals?
They are sick.
They are mistreated.
They are fatigued.
They are preserved.
What is the setting of the story?
London in the 1990's
London is the 1880's
Bath, after World War 2
Bath after the Civil War
The heat ______________ from this fire.
emanates
inclines
tempts
facades
As they sat together, Billy and the landlady
talked about...
the previous guests that had stayed
the house.
the parrot.
the dachshund curled up by the fire
all of these
What did the landlady do with her pets when they passed away?
She buried them in the garden
She gave them away to other people
She stuffed them herself
She took them to a taxidermist
Who were the only guests in the last two or three years according to the landlady?
Christopher Mulholland and Gregory Temple
Billy Weaver and Mr. Wilkins
Mr. Mulholland and Mr. Temple
Billy Weaver and Mr. Perkins
