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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 Aunt Josephine scared to drive in cars?
(a) They could blow up
(b) She had watched a movie where the car came to life
(c) Doors might get stuck
(d) The exhaust fumes were dangerous

2. What does Klaus suggest they do in Chapter 4 but Violet disagrees with it due to past experience?
(a) Call the police
(b) Telling Mr. Poe
(c) Run away
(d) Laying a trap for Count Olaf

3. Why does Mr. Poe tell the children that he can't go with them to Josephine's house?
(a) He will be late for work
(b) His wife is waiting for him
(c) He has an appointment
(d) He has to take his sons to school

4. What is Josephine afraid the telephone holds a threat off?
(a) Electricution
(b) Finger cramping
(c) Brain cancer
(d) Stranglation

5. What present does Violet get from Aunt Josephine?
(a) An inventor's kit
(b) Make-up
(c) A dolly
(d) A sewing kit

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mr. Poe say he hopes isn't getting the best of the children?

2. What does Klaus tell Violet she is being while he is going over the note that Aunt Josephine left?

3. What does Klaus tell Violet she could do with the note?

4. Where does Mr. Poe say they are meeting Captain Sham?

5. What do the children have for dinner their first night in Josephine's house?

Short Essay Questions

1. In the beginning of Chapter 4 what is the conversation that takes place around the dinner table?

2. Describe the scene in Chapter 4 where Violet answers the phone.

3. What does Mr.Poe tell the children in Chapter 1 as he puts them in the taxi cab?

4. Describe the way that Aunt Josephine shows the children around the house?

5. What do the children find when they go into the library after finding the note in Chapter 4?

6. Describe the library as it is seen for the first time in Chapter 2.

7. Describe what happens in Chapter six when Klaus looks at Aunt Josephine's suicide note again just before they leave to go meet Captain Sham.

8. What do they find when they look at the shopping list of Aunt Josephine's next to the suicide note?

9. What is said in Chapter 6 when Klaus says the note has been forged?

10. Describe the first meal that the Baudelaire children have in Chapter 2.

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