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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Sunny sleep on at Count Olaf's?
(a) Dirty clothes
(b) A pile of curtains
(c) A used crib
(d) A worn mattress

2. Where do the Baudelaire children decide the map of the city that Count Olaf had talked about must be?
(a) There never was one
(b) His tower
(c) With Count Olaf
(d) In Count Olaf's bedroom

3. Who does Klaus suggest could adopt them?
(a) Violet
(b) Justice Strauss
(c) Mr. Poe
(d) Their grandmother

4. What do the children have to play with?
(a) Fancy toys
(b) Sticks
(c) Pots and pans
(d) Rocks

5. Where does Klaus say he would rather take his chances than with Count Olaf?
(a) A foster home
(b) At an orphanage
(c) With cannibals
(d) In the streets

6. Who knocks on the front door while Violet and Klaus are trying to figure out what to have for dinner?
(a) Mr. Poe
(b) Mrs. Poe
(c) Justice Strauss
(d) The hook-handed man

7. What does Justice Strauss show the children that excites them?
(a) Books on adoption
(b) A room for the children to stay in
(c) A private library
(d) A play room

8. What does Mr. Poe do that keeps him from hearing Violet explain that Klaus has been struck by Count Olaf?
(a) Coughs
(b) Talks at the same time she does
(c) Answers a phone
(d) Sneezes

9. What does Violet do just before she gets ready to start thinking of an invention?
(a) Exercises
(b) Starts chewing on her nails
(c) Puts on her glasses
(d) Pulls her hair back

10. What does the man with hook hands say that you must teach children?
(a) Obey their elders
(b) Cook
(c) Listen to the parents
(d) Learn respect

11. What kind of pictures does the book that Sunny chooses have?
(a) Teeth
(b) A bed
(c) Toys
(d) Candy

12. What does Count Olaf tell the children about the fruit in their bowls?
(a) It was his favorite when he was young
(b) They make wonderful pies
(c) They get stuck in your teeth
(d) They were picked fresh

13. What does Klaus say that they must go and look for soon?
(a) A school
(b) A park
(c) A public library
(d) A lawyer

14. What has Count Olaf made for the children to eat when they awake the next morning?
(a) Pancakes
(b) Eggs
(c) Burnt toast
(d) Oatmeal

15. What does Violet suggest she can do to help with Count Olaf's play?
(a) Build the set
(b) Be the prop master
(c) Play a member of the audience
(d) Play music

Short Answer Questions

1. What is wrong with the clothing that Mrs. Poe purchased for the children?

2. What does Klaus say he wished he knew more about and wants to get a book on?

3. What happens to the beach when it is sunny and nice?

4. What fruit has been put with their breakfast that Count Olaf has served?

5. Why does Mr. Poe say that the Baudelaires' parents most likely never invited Count Olaf over?

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