Worksheet 4.4 ‘The Landlady’ (p.

141)
1. Foreshadowing in ‘The Landlady’
Write out six quotations from the story ‘The Landlady’ by Roald Dahl which indicate examples of foreshadowing.
Quotation from the story
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2. Fill in the gaps with the adjectives and nouns that Roald Dahl uses.

Billy Weaver had travelled down from London on the

train, with a change at Reading on the way, and by the time he got to ,

it was about nine o’clock in the evening, and the moon was coming up out of a

sky over the houses opposite the station entrance. But the air was

deadly and the was like a

blade of ice on his .

3. Memory Challenge
Working in pairs, test your memory. A has the book and is asking the questions. B gives A
the answers from memory. Two points for each answer will give you a maximum score of fifty.

1. What is Billy’s surname?

2. From which city had he travelled? 
3. How had he travelled?
4. At what time did he arrive in Bath?
5. The porter recommended that he stay at The _ _ _ _ and _ _ _ _ _ _?
6. How old is Billy?
7. What colour were his hat and suit?
8. What flowers did he see in the window of the Bed and Breakfast?
9. Name two items he saw in the room through the window.
10. What breakfast item could reduce the price?
11. How many hats and coats were hanging in the hall?
12. What floor did the landlady tell Billy would be entirely his?
13. What sadness did Billy think had caused the landlady to be ‘off her rocker’?
14. What breed of dog was sleeping in front of the fire?
15. What were the two other names in the guest book?
16. From which two English cities had they come?
17. Can you remember the two surnames that the landlady mistakenly calls Billy?
18. What two British and American leaders does Billy mention?
19. What kind of biscuit does the landlady give him with his tea?
20. Where did she say the previous guests were now?
21. Why did Billy think of the corridors of a hospital?
22. What did he suddenly notice about the parrot?
23. What name did the landlady give to the dachshund?
24. What was ‘greyish-black and dry and perfectly preserved’?
25. What did the tea taste of?
Total: ____/50
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