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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is the climb up the ersatz rope less scary than going down it for the Baudelaire children?
(a) They know how to climb the ersatz rope.
(b) They know Jerome would help them.
(c) They know what awaits at the top of the rope.
(d) They know their friends are safe.

2. What does the narrator claim is the greatest myth in the world?
(a) Troublesome things should be disposed of quickly.
(b) Troublesome things get less and less the more you do them.
(c) Troublesome things are fun after awhile.
(d) Troublesome things grow much more with time.

3. What do the children hear over their heads as they stumble around the passageway in the dark?
(a) The Quagmires' cries.
(b) Noises.
(c) Esme's laughter.
(d) Music.

4. What is Violet's idiosyncrasy?
(a) Tying up her hair and screaming at people.
(b) Tying up her hair with a ribbon when she is inventing something.
(c) Tying up her hair and praying.
(d) Tying up her hair and crossing her eyes.

5. What does Violet ask the man who is standing outside the trapdoor?
(a) For him to move out of the sunlight.
(b) If she could borrow his cell phone.
(c) For his name.
(d) For directions to Veblen Hall.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Violet decide to hide the ersatz rope?

2. Who caters the In Auction's food?

3. What does Klaus say about myths?

4. Once the Baudelaires are successful with opening the trapdoor, where does the corridor end up?

5. After Esme pushes the Up button for the ersatz elevator, what do the Baudelaires discover in the middle of the elevator shaft?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is symbolic about Klaus's declaration that they had reached a "dead end" at the end of the passageway?

2. Why is moving down the ersatz rope more difficult the second time for the Baudelaires?

3. What happens to Sunny's character during Chapter 10?

4. During the Baudelaires' climb back up to the penthouse, they are encased in darkness. What is symbolic about their climb in the shadowy dark?

5. How does Violet plan to rescue the Quagmires from their cage?

6. In what condition are the Quagmires discovered? What is the most important aspect of their condition?

7. How does Klaus convince Jerome to help them find the Quagmires without him knowing?

8. Why does Esme continue to insist that Gunther left the penthouse apartment?

9. What is revealed about Esme Squalor in Chapter 10?

10. What is significant about the fact that the Baudelaire children have been in the darkness for so long their eyes take a long time to get used to the light?

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