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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which character is dressed in black riding boots, a pinstriped suit, and a monocle?
(a) Count Olaf.
(b) Jerome.
(c) The doorman.
(d) Esme.

2. What is Violet's idiosyncrasy?
(a) Tying up her hair and praying.
(b) Tying up her hair with a ribbon when she is inventing something.
(c) Tying up her hair and crossing her eyes.
(d) Tying up her hair and screaming at people.

3. After Esme pushes the Up button for the ersatz elevator, what do the Baudelaires discover in the middle of the elevator shaft?
(a) The Quagmires.
(b) A net.
(c) A cage.
(d) Gunther.

4. Why can't the Baudelaires climb out of the elevator shaft initially?
(a) They are far away from the walls.
(b) The walls are greased with oil.
(c) The walls are too smooth.
(d) Esme tells them not to do it.

5. What is disconcerting about Esme's behavior after they exit the penthouse apartment?
(a) She speaks kindly to them.
(b) Her arm is wrapped loosely around them.
(c) Her arm is wrapped so tight around them that they couldn't move.
(d) She hugs each child.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the narrator, what does a nefarious disguise mean?

2. What is one of the things the Baudelaire children are afraid has happened since Gunther arrived?

3. What two elements does the narrator use as references at the beginning of Chapter 4?

4. What does Sunny suggest they do to escape from the elevator shaft?

5. What does Esme make the Baudelaires carry up to their penthouse apartment?

(see the answer key)

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