The Landlady

Multiple Choice and Long Answer questions create ideal opportunities for whole-text review, unit exam, or summative assessments.

Multiple Choice

1. The narrator states, “[Billy] had never stayed in any boarding-houses, and, to be perfectly honest, he was a tiny bit frightened of them” (Paragraph 10). Considering the remainder of the story, what does this statement reveal about Billy?

A) He is an ambitious worker.

B) He is serious and suffers from ennui.

C) He does not trust his instincts.

D) He has childish fears.

2. As he is about to turn away from the property, Billy realizes something peculiar: “BED AND BREAKFAST, BED AND BREAKFAST, BED AND BREAKFAST. Each word was like a large black eye staring at him through the glass, holding him, compelling him, forcing him to stay where he was and not to walk away from that house, and the next thing he knew, he was actually moving across from the window to the front door of the house, climbing the steps that led up to it, and reaching for the bell” (Paragraph 11). Which of the following literary terms is used in this quote?

A) Metaphor

B) Simile

C) Personification

D) Allusion

3. Which of the following activities is the landlady interested in?

A) Embroidery

B) Golf

C) Baking