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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the doorman gluing to the elevator door?
(a) A piece of salmon.
(b) An anchor.
(c) A lock.
(d) A wooden starfish.

2. After arriving home from Café Salmonella, what kinds of noises do the children hear as they climb the stairs to the penthouse?
(a) The sounds of people wrestling.
(b) The sounds of people going to bed.
(c) The sounds of people singing.
(d) The sounds of people eating.

3. Who had been the Baudelaire orphans' first guardian?
(a) Count Olaf.
(b) Count Baudelaire.
(c) Mr. Poe.
(d) Mr. Smith.

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

5. According to the narrator, what does the phrase "dwarfed by comparison" not have to deal with?
(a) The phrase doesn't have anything to do with dwarves.
(b) The phrase doesn't have anything to do with children.
(c) The phrase doesn't have anything to do with comparisons.
(d) The phrase doesn't have anything to do with dogs.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the narrator, which of the two elements he mentions is a gas?

2. According to Duncan, how does Gunther plan to smuggle the Quagmires out of the city?

3. What does Violet say when she reaches the bottom of the ersatz rope a second time?

4. Who caters the In Auction's food?

5. What is strange about the winner of the large red herring statue?

(see the answer key)

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