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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 does Violet do that causes her to begin thinking as she walks down the stairs with Olaf to the play?

2. What is Klaus' costume for the play?

3. What does Violet's invention look like when she initially gets done?

4. What type of knot does Violet use to tie the strips of cloth together?

5. What does Count Olaf 'innocently' suggest that Violet and Klaus do if they want to see something unusual?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the scene in Chapter 8 where Count Olaf walks the children out to see where Sunny is being held.

2. Describe the grappling hook that Violet creates to attempt a rescue in Chapter 8.

3. What is it that Violet's parents told her when they brought both Klaus, and later, Sunny, home from the hospital?

4. Describe what Count Olaf says and Violet thinks when he is asking her if it would be so bad being married to him in Chapter 8?

5. While Violet and Klaus are trying to think of a way to get out of the tower in Chapter 11 what things do they discuss but don't offer any help?

6. Describe the scene seen by the children at the beginning of Chapter 12 while they are standing back stage of the play.

7. What is Count Olaf's response when Klaus reveals he has discovered Olaf's plan?

8. What does the hook-handed man tell Klaus in Chapter 7 that frightens Klaus?

9. How does Klaus' all night reading in Chapter 8 compare to how he used to stay up all night reading when his parents were alive?

10. Describe how Count Olaf compares the children to a stubborn mule in Chapter 8?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

List several of Count Olaf's acting troupe followers that the children mention throughout their stay. What is the purpose of these characters remaining nameless? If you had to name the characters what would they be named?

Essay Topic 2

1) What is significant about Count Olaf's acting career?

2) Could Count Olaf have had a different career? Explain.

3) What is general thought about actors as a stereotype? Does Count Olaf fit this description? Explain.

Essay Topic 3

Take a closer look at Justice Strauss.

1) Why did she take to the children so quickly? Why did she offer to come let them live with her?

2) Why did the children not try to tell her about how they were being treated? Would she have believed them?

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