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100
"She seemed terribly nice" is an example of what literary term?
What is Idiom
100
What vocabulary work means to come forth?
What is Emanate
100
When Billy is first in the living room, what alerts the reader that something may be wrong?
What is that there are only 2 names in the book and they sound familiar from newspapers
100
What is the author's main purpose for writing the story?
What is to tell an entertaining and suspenseful story
100
When Billy arrives in Bath, he...
What is does not have a place to stay
200
"Each word was like a large black eye staring at him through the glass" is an example of what literary term?
What is foreshadowing
200
What vocabulary work means agreeable or pleasant?
What is congenial
200
What can the reader infer, using evidence from the text, about the 2 missing boys?
What is that the landlady has captured/killed/stuffed them
200
What is the author's tone?
What is suspenseful
200
What prevents Billy from going to the Bell and Dragon pub?
What is he is transfixed by the signs that say "Bed and Breakfast."
300
"The tea tasted faintly of bitter almonds, and he didn't much care for it" is an example of what literary term?
What is Dramatic Irony
300
What vocabulary work means greedy?
What is rapacious
300
What details does she tell Billy make him "just right"?
What is he's a young gentleman, the perfect age (17), has beautiful teeth
300
How is the climax of the story resolved?
What is readers can assume that Billy will meet the same fate as Temple and Mulholland
300
Who are Christopher Mulholland and Gregory W. Temple?
What is former guests of the landlady
400
"How time does fly from us all, doesn't it Mr. Wilkins?" is an example of what literary term?
What is Idiom
400
What vocabulary work means teasing by remaining unavailable or by withholding something desired by someone?
What is tantalizing
400
How does the landlady distract Billy when he has almost figured out who Christopher Mulholland is?
What is by serving him tea with milk and sugar
400
"I stuff all my little pets when they pass away" is an example of?
What is foreshadowing
400
Eton is a...
What is boys' prep school near London
500
"I'm one lucky fellow, he thought, rubbing his hands" is an example of what literary term?
What is Verbal Irony
500
What vocabulary work means fronts of buildings?
What is facades
500
What is the setting?
What is Bath, England
500
How does the author use suspense and suspicion to drive the story?
What is wondering about the 2 guests in the book, hinting at the landlady's creepy nature, landlady constantly looking him up and down, they are "alone" in the boarding house, saying he's just right
500
Which phrase best describes foreshadowing?
What is clues that hint at what will happen later in the story
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