The Bad Beginning Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 128 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The Bad Beginning Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 128 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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 do the children think the pot of bubbling sauce looks like after they have been so frightened by Count Olaf and his friends?

2. What kind of dish do the children decide on for Count Olaf and his troop?

3. What does Count Olaf say that he wants to use the children's money for?

4. What does Count Olaf tell the children to do if they want another bed?

5. Why was Mr. Poe not home very much?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Violet mean when she says that Mr. Poe was like the executioner in Chapter 1?

2. Describe the Baudelaire children's response when they first meet Justice Strauss.

3. How does Mr. Poe treat the children while they are trying to talk to him in Chapter 5?

4. How does Count Olaf describe the play, The Marvelous Marriage, to the children?

5. What does a normal day entail for the children at Count Olaf's house as described early on in Chapter 3?

6. What do Count's guests say when they find that Count is disciplining the children?

7. What is Violet doing while she is standing on the beach in Chapter 1?

8. What is Count Olaf's reaction upon learning they are not having roast beef?

9. What is Violet's initial response to playing Count Olaf's bride in Chapter 6?

10. In Chapter 6 what is the children's response to the breakfast that Count Olaf makes?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Is there anything that the children could have done to befriend Count Olaf?

Would he have been set on killing the children no matter what? Why?

Could Violet have offered him money and bought her and her siblings freedom?

Essay Topic 2

The Poe children are quite upset at sharing their room with the Baudelaire orphans. Is their reaction to having the Baudelaire children understandable? Realistic?

What does it say about the Poe children that they treat the Baudelaire's in such a manner? What does it say about the Poe parents?

Essay Topic 3

What is the significance of the play's name 'The Marvelous Marriage'? What other names could Count Olaf have come up with and created the same effect? Suggest your own name for the play, and give your reasons why.

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