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Duplicate of "The Landlady" Review
Duplicate of "The Landlady" Review
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Review for the short story "The Landlady" by Roald Dahl.
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How is the climax of the story resolved?
Readers can assume Billy will meet the same fate as Temple
The readers do not know what happens to Billy.
Readers find out the landlady is a psychotic taxidermist.
The landlady comforts Billy with a smile.
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What is the author's main purpose for writing the story?
To tell an entertaining and suspenseful story
To inform readers about Bath, England
To persuade travelers to use caution
To describe how English landladies behave
3
"I stuff all my little pets myself when they pass away." This quotation is an example of...
Foreshadowing
Parallel plot line
Flashback
Symbol
4
She seemed terribly nice is an example of what literary element?
Foreshadowing
Verbal Irony
Situational Irony
Idiom
5
Identify the speaker: "I'm not a bit hungry, thank you. I think I'll just go to bed."
Billy Weaver
Landlady
The porter
Mr. Greenslade
6
What seems inviting to Billy when he looks through the window of the old house?
He doesn't see a greedy landlady.
He sees the landlady drinking a cup of tea.
He sees a dachshund lying in front of the fireplace.
He imagines they serve watery cabbage.
7
What word means, teasing by remaining unavailable or withholding something desired by someone
Tantalizing
Facades
Conjured
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Who are Christopher Mulholland and Gregory W. Temple?
Billy's classmates at school
Billy's best friends from home
Former guests of the landlady
Former guests of the Bell and Dragon
9
Which word means, agreeable or pleasant?
Emanate
Congenial
Conjure
10
What word means greedy?
Tantalizing
Dotty
Rapacious
11
There were no other coats or hats in the hall, is an example of?
Dramatic Irony
Idiom
Situational Irony
Foreshadowing
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The tea tasted faintly of bitter almonds, and he didn't much care for it, is an example of?
Dramatic Irony
Foreshadowing
Verbal Irony
Idiom
13
What word means, a person hired to carry luggage?
Emanate
Dotty
Porter
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What prevents Billy from going on to the Bell and Dragon pub?
A passerby tells him the Bell and Dragon isn't nice.
He is too tired to keep walking.
The landlady opens the door and invites him in.
He is transfixed by the signs that say "Bed and Breakfast."
15
Which phrase best describes foreshadowing?
The suspense in the story
Giving away a story's ending
Clues that hint at what will happen later in the story
Clues that hint at what happened before the story began
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What is the author's tone?
Comedic
Suspenseful
Optimistic
Gloomy
17
"Now, the fact that his landlady seemed to be slightly off her rocker.." This is an example of?
Idiom
Hyperbole
Metaphor
Simile
18
Which word means, fronts of buildings?
Facades
Emanate
Rapacious
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What word means, to come forth?
Porter
Emanate
Congenial
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Which word means, called to mind?
Congenial
Conjured
Porter
21
What is the setting?
Oxford, England
London, England
Cambridge, England
Bath, England
22
Eton is a...
boys' local college near Cambridge
boys' reformatory school in Bath
boys' high school for the gifted and talented
boys' prep school near London
23
How does landlady distract Billy when he's almost figured out who Christopher Mulholland is?
By pointing out her stuffed animals
By serving him tea with milk and sugar
By asking Billy about his job
By flirting with Billy
24
This animal had all the time been just as silent and motionless, is an example of...
Dramatic Irony
Idiom
Verbal Irony
Situational Irony
25
When Billy arrives in Bath, he...
Does not have a place to stay
Has plenty of money
Does not have a job
Looks for entertainment
26
Which of the following is not an example of foreshadowing?
The air was deadly cold and the wind was like a flat blade
Each word of the sign was like a large black eye staring..
There were no shops on this wide street that he was walking
There wasn't a blemish on his body..his skin was like a baby
