Question

peculiar way, they both appear to be sort of connected together as well. as though they were both famous for the same sort of thing, if you see what i mean - like... like dempsey and tunney, for example, or churchill and roosevelt.\ \how amusing,\ she said. \but come over here now, dear, and sit down beside me on the sofa and ill give you a nice cup of tea and a ginger biscuit before you go to bed.\ 70 \you really shouldnt bother,\ billy said. \i didnt mean you to do anything like that.\ he stood by the piano, watching her as she fussed about with the cups and saucers. he noticed that she had small, white, quickly moving hands, and red finger - nails. \im almost positive it was in the newspapers i saw them,\ billy said. \ill think of it in a second. im sure i will.\ there is nothing more tantalising 20 than a thing like this which lingers just outside the borders of ones memory. he hated to give up.
ow wait a minute,\ he said. \wait just a minute. mulholland... christopher mulholland... wasnt that the name of the eton schoolboy who was on a walking - tour through the west country, and then all of a sudden...\ question 7 of 11 why is billy fixated on the names of the two other guests? a he starts to remember something that happened to them. b he saw them not long ago. c he knows that the landlady is lying about their whereabouts. d the landlady keeps calling billy by their names.

Explanation:

Billy mentions he saw the names in the newspapers and is trying hard to recall something about them as he hates to give up on a memory that lingers on the edge of his mind. He starts to remember details about one of them (Christopher Mulholland).

Answer:

A. He starts to remember something that happened to them.