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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 say that they have been unable to find in Count Olaf's home?

2. What did the children buy for dessert for Count Olaf and the troupe?

3. Klaus is able to tell the difference between which two animals?

4. What does Klaus think of being destroyed in the fire?

5. What is the only decoration in the children's room?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain what happens when Klaus talks back to Count Olaf in chapter four telling him that their family money can't be touched until Violet is of age.

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

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

4. At the beginning of Chapter 5 what are the children's moods when they wake up the next morning?

5. What is Violet's first thought when she sees the figure walking towards them in Chapter 1?

6. What does Violet give as the reason she should not participate in the Marvelous Marriage?

7. What is the response of Violet and Klaus when they are told they will be leaving the Poe household?

8. What does Mr. Poe tell the children when they say that Count Olaf is a terrible guardian and explain Count Olaf's behavior in Chapter 5?

9. Describe how the story of the Baudelaire children is introduced.

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

At the end of the story it is said that the children face an unknown future. Is their situation any better or safer at the end than it had been when they were living with Count Olaf? Explain. If the story had stopped here, and there had been no sequel, how would it have affected the reader's perception of what happens to the children long term?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the relationships between Sunny and Klaus. Violet and Sunny, Klaus and Violet.

In what ways are they typical siblings? In what ways are they atypical?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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