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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the chef in Mr. Remora's story of the mushroom?

2. What does Carmelita call the Baudelaires after she sees Sunny sleeping in her salad?

3. What does Sunny say when the children are discussing people who could help them figure out something?

4. Who do the teachers say they should expel?

5. When does Klaus say they were allowed to go to bed?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the reaction that the Baudelaire children have when they look at the Quagmires in their disguises.

2. What plan do the Quagmires come up with?

3. What do the Baudelaire children do in the shack to get ready for the exams?

4. What does Coach Genghis tell the children to do when they meet him after dinner in Chapter 7?

5. What do Isadora and Duncan tell the Baudelaires they have been looking for in old newspapers?

6. What starts the fight between Klaus and Isadora?

7. What does the narrator explain the children should be nervous about at the end of Chapter 10?

8. What is odd about the fact that Violet says "if we are lucky" as the narrator describes it in Chapter 8?

9. What does the narrator explain that Coach Genghis has the Baudelaire children do every night?

10. What does Coach Genghis tell the children about the exercises the children are to do and orphan muscles.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The children know that Count Olaf always has one or more of his accomplices around to help them.

1) Should the children have known that the two lunch ladies were friends of Count Olaf's? Explain.

2) Why were the lunch ladies able to avoid suspicion when Coach Genghis was not?

Essay Topic 2

How does the theme change from the beginning of the story to the end of the story? Are the Baudelaire children better off in the beginning of the story or the end of the story and in what way?

Essay Topic 3

Coach Genghis, also known as Count Olaf, and Principal Nero appear to have a lot in common.

1) Is it possible that Principal Nero would have been willing to help Count Olaf? Explain.

2) Did Count Olaf perchance honestly like Principal Nero or was he simply using him? Explain your answer.

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