Plot
What point of view is the story told in?
3rd person limited
Describe Billy's first impression of the Landlady.
She is nice and kind, almost motherly
This is the way Billy believes successful businessmen walk and act.
Brisk.
These are the fronts of buildings.
Facades
Billy realizes the pets are "stuffed"
The event above describes which stage of the plot?
Climax
Describe the main conflict of the story:
The landlady wants to harm Billy
This is the only thing the Landlady asks Billy to do before going to be.
Sign the guestbook
A peculiar smell seemed to ______ from her person.
"Billy is a 17 year old who has arrived in Bath, England looking for a job. He decides to stay at the Bed and Breakfast."
The statement above best describes which stage of the plot?
EXPOSITION
The Landlady described Mr. Mulholland and Mr. Temple as...
Handsome
Describe the Landlady's perfect guest using ONE word.
Handsome.
Someone who is respectful or agreeable.
congenial
Which event is NOT does not occur during the Rising Action?
A. The landlady looks Billy up and down
B. Billy realizes the pets have been "stuffed"
C. Billy recognizes the two guests names, but can't remember why.
D. The landlady tells Billy the guests have never left; they are still there
B. Billy realizes the pets have been "stuffed"
TRUE OR FALSE: The conflict of the story is resolved.
FALSE: The reader doesn't know because it ends on a cliffhanger
The Landlady is described as being like this common childhood toy because of the way she answers the door when Billy rings the bell.
Jack-in-the-box
Ebenezer Scrooge of A Christmas Carol is an example of this kind of person.
rapacious
What TWO stages of the plot are missing?
Falling Action & Resolution
At first, Billy can't decide on where he should stay for the night, the Bed and Breakfast or the Bell and Dragon. This conflict is an example of...
Internal Conflict / Character vs. Self
The tea Billy drinks has this taste, which avid mystery readers will recognize as a characteristic smell and flavor of cyanide.
Bitter almonds.
This word originates in Greek mythology with a king who was condemned to eternally stand in water he could never drink under a tree with fruit just out of his reach.
tantalizing