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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the narrator, what is one good part of the Baudelaires' living with the Squalors?
(a) The Baudelaires are with two wealthy adults.
(b) The Baudelaires are healthier.
(c) The Baudelaires are together.
(d) The Baudelaires are back in the city where they were born.

2. What is Sunny's bedroom filled with?
(a) Toys for teenagers.
(b) Tools.
(c) Books.
(d) Toys suitable for babies with softer teeth.

3. What does Klaus hope his new guardians will have for him when he gets to the apartment?
(a) Interesting books.
(b) Food.
(c) A separate bedroom.
(d) Flowers.

4. According to Mr. Squalor, what is his wife most attentive to?
(a) What's out.
(b) What's going on down the street.
(c) What's happening in the building.
(d) What's in and what's out.

5. While climbing the staircase, Violet recalls what event that her parents attended that made them extremely tired?
(a) A wedding.
(b) A birthday party.
(c) Sixteenth Annual Run-a-Thon.
(d) A party.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the narrator, what is the definition of "anxious"?

2. Who had been the Baudelaire orphans' first guardian?

3. What does Violet hope the new guardians will have for her when she gets to the apartment?

4. As Sunny is getting undressed, what is the one word she says that casts a long shadow over the Baudelaires?

5. When the children first meet Mr. Squalor, what does he offer to get them?

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