The Landlady By Roald Dahl
Revision questions based on the content of this story. Reread the story if necessary.
- 1.The boys who stayerd at the Landlady's bed and breakfast were Mr. Mulholland, Mr. Temple and Drioli.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 2.Billy was a tiny bit frightened of boarding-houses. The word itself __________ up images of watery _____________, ____________ landladies, and a powerful of ________________ in the __________ -room.
- 3.What is the theme of the story?
- A.
Mankind is greedy
- B.
Appearances are deceptive
- C.
Mankind is corrupt
- 4.How old is the landlady?
- A.
40 - 50 years
- B.
45 - 60 years
- C.
30 -40 years
- D.
45 - 50 years
- 5.Identify the following literary devices: "The old girl is slightly dotty".
- A.
Oxymoron
- B.
Hyperbole
- C.
Personification
- D.
Metaphor
- E.
Synechdoche
- 6.Who is the protagonist?
- A.
The landlady
- B.
Billy Weaver
- C.
Christopher Mulholland
- D.
Gregory Temple
- 7.Describe what verbal irony is and give an example from the story. Verbal irony is when characters _______________ one thing but ___________ something else. The landlady says that the ________ _____________ "comes right through this window." She does not actually mean for Billy to see the morning sun the _____ day.
- 8.Give an example of an oxymoron from the story. She seemed ________ __________.
- 9.How does the author ceate suspense in this short story? In this story Billy almost remembers something about ___________, but the landlady ______________ him - _____________, _____________ Billy's line of thought
- 10.What does the taste of the almonds symbolise in the story?
- A.
The taste of cookies at tea time
- B.
Cyanide
- C.
Poisoning
- 11.Foreshadowing is the use of hints and clues to suggest what will happen later in the story. Tick all the examples of foreshadowing in the following boxes.
- A.
The landlady smells of a hospital.
- B.
Billy arrives in Bath.
- C.
The landlady is a taxidermist.
- D.
Her red fingernails refers to the arsenic she has used and which left her fingers raw.
- E.
The two boys whose names were in the guest book in the guestbook were missing/dead.
- 12."...everything is always ready..." What preparations had the landlady made for Billy's stay at the bed and breakfast? Tick the correct options.
- A.
She welcomed him warmly.
- B.
A warm water bottle was between the sheets.
- C.
The bedspread had been removed.
- D.
She accompanied him to his bedroom.
- E.
She is hospitable and friendly.
- F.
She keeps up the flow of conversation.
- 13.Why was the landlady sure that Billy would stay at her bed and breakfast? Tick the appropriate answer.
- A.
Because the light glowing in the window was cosy.
- B.
Because the BED and BREAKFAST sign in the window was welcoming
- C.
Because she was expecting him.
- D.
Because the rates of her lodgings was the lowest.
- 14.When did Billy realise that the animals in the room was stuffed?
- A.
When he entered the BED and BREAKFAST.
- B.
When he touched them.
- C.
While they were drinking tea.
- D.
When he fell over them.
- 15.The landlady was very interested in Billy's appearance and even referred to his beautiful teeth. What was Billy's reaction to this behaviour of the landlady?
- A.
He was very flattered.
- B.
He referred to the fillings in his teeth.
- C.
He commented on the two names in the guest book which seemen familiar.
- D.
He thought she was very observant but felt uncomfotable.
- 16.How did the landlady distract Billy when he had almost figured out who her previous guest were?
- A.
By asking Billy about his job
- B.
By pointing out her stuffed animals
- C.
By offering him a cup of tea
- D.
By complimenting him about his appearance.
- 17.When the landlady said "... I stuff all my pets.." she implied that the boys who stay at her lodgings were also her pets and that she stuff them too.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 18.In which ways did Billy resemble the landlady's previous guests?
- A.
They were business men.
- B.
They werer good looking and young
- C.
They all had beautiful teeth.
- D.
They were all well known.
- 19.Which phrase best describes the literary device "foreshadowing"?
- A.
The suspense in the story
- B.
Clues that hint at what happened before the story began
- C.
Clues that hint at will happen later in the story.
- 20.Which one of the following quotes is not an example of foreshadowing?
- A.
"The air was deadly cold and the wind was like a flat blade of ice."
- B.
"There were no shops on this wide street that he was..."
- C.
"Each word was like large black eye staring at him through the glass"
- D.
"There wasn't a blemish on his body...his skin was like a baby's"
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