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This is the type of conflict demonstrated when the landlady gives Billy poisoned tea in an attempt to kill him.
What is external conflict?
100
These are the fronts of buildings; Can also refer to facial expressions brisk, compelling, congenial, conjured, emanate, facades, rapacious, swanky
What are facades?
100
There are ___ other names in the guestbook when Billy Weaver looks in it.
What is 2?
100
These two common household pets first comfort Billy, and then point to the fate that he will share with them.
What are the dog and the bird? The dachshund and the parrot.
100
This is a clue provided by the author that allows you to predict future events, such as "I stuff all my pets when they die."
What is foreshadowing?
200
One possibility for this stage of plot occurs when Billy learns that the dog and bird are stuffed. Another possibility is when Billy drinks the tea.
What is the climax?
200
Someone who is respectful or agreeable. brisk, compelling, congenial, conjured, emanate, facades, rapacious, swanky
What is congenial?
200
Billy meets ____ other tenants in the boarding house.
What is 0?
200
The tea Billy drinks has this taste.
What is bitter almonds?
200

Roosevelt and Churchill are an example of this element in "The Landlady" 

What is an allusion?

300
This is the stage of plot when we can assume that Billy dies of poison and gets stuffed by the landlady.
What is the resolution?
300
Means to spread, flow, or come forth brisk, compelling, congenial, conjured, emanate, facades, rapacious, swanky
What is emanate?
300
Billy goes to Bath for _________.
What is a business trip?
300
This is the only thing that the landlady asks Billy Weaver to do before going to bed.
What is sign the guest book?
300
This is the reason authors and directors use foreshadowing.
What is to create suspense and make the story more interesting?
400

This the the literary term for the obstacles that develop in addition to the main conflict, such as when Billy recognizes the names in the guest book from the newspaper.

What is rising action?

400
A child who refuses to share his toys with his siblings might be called this. brisk, compelling, congenial, conjured, emanate, facades, rapacious, swanky
What is rapacious?
400
These are 2 other works written by the author of "The Landlady," Roald Dahl.
Answers may vary. Matilda, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, BFG, James and the Giant Peach, The Twits, etc.
400
The Landlady's perfect guest is...
What is young and handsome?
400

How is the landlady DIRECTLY characterized? 

What is "she was about 45-50 years old..She seemed terribly nice... She seemed perfectly harmless."

500
During this plot stage Billy is introduced and arrives in Bath in search of a place to stay.
What is the exposition?
500
If a wizard created a spell, s/he did this to it. brisk, compelling, congenial, conjured, emanate, facades, rapacious, swanky
What is conjured it?
500
This is the time of day when Billy arrived in Bath.
What is 9 pm?
500
This is Billy's first impression of the landlady.
What is she is slightly dotty and off her rocker, but she is harmless.
500

This is a theme of "The Landlady."

What is deception?