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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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. Toward the end of chapter two, what does Esme find out from a phone call is suddenly "in."
(a) Light.
(b) Pinstripes.
(c) Hot dogs.
(d) Elevators.

4. How many windows are in the Squalor penthouse, according to the narrator?
(a) 498.
(b) 949.
(c) 849.
(d) 83.

5. What does Esme yell down to the children after they decide they are okay?
(a) That they're not okay.
(b) That she's glad to be done with them.
(c) That she would miss them.
(d) That orphans are no longer "in."

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Klaus, what does ersatz mean?

2. Who do the Baudelaires tell about the V.F.D. after their discovery in the In Auction catalog?

3. What bothers the children about Esme's demeanor as they head to the In Auction?

4. Why doesn't Jerome want to force Gunther to remove his boots?

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

(see the answer key)

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