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The main character of the story.
Who is Billy Weaver?
This is the type of yellow flower that was in the vase under the Bed and Breakfast sign.
What is a Chrysanthemum?
These are the two words that best describe Billy.
A. mature and experienced
B. lazy and impolite
C. impressed by appearances and naive
D. suspicious of odd behavior and dangerous
What is C. Impressed by appearances and naive?
This is how the landlady seems to Billy at the beginning of the story.
A. Warm and Motherly
B. Eager to make money
C. Extremely Poor
D. Old and Feeble
What is A. Warm and Motherly?
This is a synonym for the capitalized word: Billy walked BRISKLY down the street so he arrived early to the Bed and Breakfast.
What is quickly?
The is the city and country the story takes place in. (The Setting)
What is Bath, England?
This is the reason the author included the line, "there were no other hats, coats, umbrellas or walking sticks in the hall."
What is to show that Billy and the Landlady were alone in the house.
This is the reason Billy stops at the Bed and Breakfast.
What is he saw a sign in the window?
This is the VERY FIRST clue that the landlady is not normal.
What is she answers the door very quickly like she was watching Billy (like a jack in the box)?
This is what the landlady tells Billy he must do because it is the law.
What is come down and sign the guest book?
This is the conflict Billy is trying to solve once he gets off of the train.
What is finding a place to stay?
Billy stepped over the THRESHOLD of the house to enter the living room. This is what a THRESHOLD is.
What is a doorway?
This is a synonym for the capitalized word: Two, large PILLARS held up the front porch of the Bed and Breakfast.
What is columns?
This is what all of the Landlady's guests had in common according to her.
What is they were young and handsome?
This is the THEME of the landlady.
A. Stop while you're ahead.
B. Don't judge people by appearances.
C. Take the road less traveled.
D. Looks are never deceiving.
What is B. Don't judge people by appearances?
This is what Billy sees in front of the fireplace that helps him decide this will be a nice place to stay.
What is a dog? (Dachshund)
This is how the Landlady creates suspense when Billy has almost figured out who Christopher Mulholland is.
A. The Landlady flirts with Billy
B. The Landlady points out her stuffed pets.
C. The Landlady interrupts him by serving tea.
D. The Landlady asks Billy about his job.
What is C. The Landlady interrupts him by serving tea?
This is what the idiom "the landlady was off of her rocker" means.
What is the landlady is crazy?
These are to two pets that the landlady stuffed.
What is her parrot and her dog?
There is tension throughout the story because...
A. the dog begins to bark excitedly.
B. it appears that the landlady has only had 2 guests in the last 3 years.
C. police call looking for two missing persons.
D. the landlady says her husband has disappeared.
What is B. it appears that the landlady has only had 2 guests in the last 3 years?
This is the reason the landlady gives Billy as to why there are no other guest at the Bed and Breakfast.
What is "she tends to be a tiny bit choosy and particular"?
This inference can be made about Billy's tea.
What is the Landlady put poison in the tea?
When Billy first looks in the Bed and Breakfast from the street, he sees something that he says is always a "good sign". This is what he was talking about.
What is seeing animals in the house?
This is what the landlady put the poison in to kill her guests.
What is tea?
This is the climax (the most exciting part or turning point) of the story....
A. the landlady says she stuffs her pets.
B. the landlady says Mr. Mulholland has soft skin.
C. the landlady tends to be a tiny bit choosy and particular.
D. the landlady is an escaped murderer.
What is A. the landlady says she stuffs her pets?