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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is one of the things the Baudelaire children are afraid has happened since Gunther arrived?
(a) Something dreadful has happened to the doorman.
(b) Something dreadful has happened to the Quagmires.
(c) Something dreadful has happened to Esme.
(d) Something dreadful has happened to Mr. Poe.

2. 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) Brave and scared.
(c) Bad and good.
(d) Nervous and anxious.

3. What kind of dessert do the children have at Café Salmonella?
(a) Apple pie with vanilla ice cream.
(b) Cake.
(c) Chocolate ice cream sundaes.
(d) Salmon pie with a scoop of salmon ice cream.

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

5. How many floors down is it from the Squalor's penthouse apartment to the bottom floor?
(a) 66.
(b) 84.
(c) 48.
(d) 100.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Mr. Squalor, what is one thing the children can do to save breath?

2. What happened to the Quagmire children?

3. According to Mr. Squalor, what is his wife most attentive to?

4. At the end of Chapter 4, how do the Baudelaire children feel about their situation?

5. When Jerome and the children arrive back home from their dinner at Café Salmonella, what does the doorman tell them is now "in"?

(see the answer key)

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