NAME Rand Al kanani DATE

Vocabulary and Comprehension Holt Literature and Language Arts

You may use your book to help you answer pages 61–72
the questions below.

“The Landlady”
A. Match words and definitions. Write the letter of the correct definition
next to each word.
b 1. facades
a. come forth
e 2. tantalizing b. fronts of buildings
a 3. emanate c. person hired to carry luggage
c 4. porter d. agreeable; pleasant
e. teasing by remaining unavailable; tempting
d 5. congenial

B. Choose two words from above. Use each word in a sentence.

1. The porter carried our luggage into the car.
2. A pleasant smell emanates from the flower field.

C. Answer each question below.

Co 1. What does Billy first think of the landlady?
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4. Billy remembers reading about Mr. Temple and Mr. Mulholland in
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NAME DATE

Additional Vocabulary Practice Holt Literature and Language Arts

You may use your book to help you answer pages 61–72
the questions below.

“The Landlady”
A. Match words and definitions. Write the letter of the correct definition
next to each word.
c 1. swanky
a. greedy
b 2. compelling b. forcing one to do something
a 3. rapacious c.expensive and showy
g 4. peculiar d. room or rooms rented in another’s house
e. quickly
e 5. briskly
f. having a strong, often unpleasant taste
h 6. decent
g. strange
d 7. lodgings h. fairly good; satisfactory
f 8. bitter i. agreeable; pleasant
i 9. congenial

B. Complete each sentence with a word from the list above.

1. Billy was on his way to find lodgings in a cheap hotel.
2. He had no money for an expensive, swanky place to live. Co
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3. Billy walked briskly and energetically down a street lined with big ht
houses. ©
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4. One somewhat run-down house looked like a pretty lt,
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Decent place to live. ne
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5. Would the landlady be rapacious and charge too much for a small an
room? d
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ns
6. Perhaps a pub would be more pleasant and congenial than a to
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boardinghouse. All
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7. Billy felt a strong and compelling urge to enter this house. s
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8. Billy noticed a peculiar smell that reminded him of something se
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strange.
9. Do you think that poison has a bitter taste?

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