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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Mr. Squalor, who did he hike up Mount Fraught with?
(a) Violet's mom.
(b) His wife.
(c) Mr. Poe
(d) Count Olaf.

2. What is at the curve of the staircase on each floor?
(a) A gift.
(b) A door and a pair of sliding elevator doors.
(c) A gate.
(d) A candle.

3. At the beginning of Chapter 1, what two words does the narrator say the book will show the difference between?
(a) Happy and sad.
(b) Bad and good.
(c) Brave and scared.
(d) Nervous and anxious.

4. What happened to the Quagmire children?
(a) They found guardians.
(b) They ran away.
(c) Count Olaf kidnapped them.
(d) They died in a fire.

5. What is missing on the orphans' new street?
(a) Cars.
(b) Street lamps.
(c) Street signs.
(d) Pavement.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Esme Squalor do for a living?

2. What character has been put in charge of the Baudelaire orphans?

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

4. While climbing the staircase, how often do Klaus and Violet take turns carrying Sunny?

5. When the Baudelaire children reach the Squalor penthouse apartment, who answers the door?

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