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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mrs. Bass NOT have the children measure?
(a) Picture frame
(b) Frying pan
(c) Rug
(d) Skeleton of a cat

2. What do the Quagmires tell the Baudelaire children on their first Friday at the school?
(a) Saturday and Sunday they have to clean the entire school
(b) Saturday and Sunday are regular school days
(c) Satruday and Sunday the students have to work in the garden
(d) Saturday and Sunday are fasting days

3. What is Sunny's size compared to?
(a) Loaf of bread
(b) Toy doll
(c) Bag of groceries
(d) A buffalo

4. What is the punishment for being late for meals?
(a) Loss of food
(b) Loss of cups
(c) Must eat with the dogs
(d) Must eat off the floor

5. What does Klaus say he is going to read up on?
(a) Fungus
(b) Yodeling
(c) Painting
(d) Crabs

6. What does Violet do that confuses her brother and sister?
(a) Greets Coach Genghis
(b) Begins to cough uncontrollably
(c) Hugs Coach Genghis
(d) Speak in Pig Latin

7. What does the narrator say that Mrs. Bass was arrested for?
(a) Shoplifting
(b) Cheating on a math test
(c) Stealing a car to measure
(d) Bank robbery

8. What does Sunny say she can do?
(a) Scrape the paint off the walls
(b) Order new beds at her secratary job
(c) Bite the crabs
(d) Bite the bales of hay until they are soft

9. What does Principal Nero say Sunny will be doing at Prufrock Prep?
(a) Working in the kitchen
(b) Cleaning out the horse stables
(c) Working as secretary
(d) Staying in the nursery

10. Who does the narrator say is the hero of the story?
(a) Violet
(b) Carmelita Spats
(c) Klaus
(d) The Baudelaire children

11. What is Sunny biting while the children listen to Principal Nero's sonata?
(a) Arm rest
(b) Ball
(c) Pencil
(d) Shoe

12. To tell the size what is it that the Biggest Lasagna Contest winner was compared to?
(a) Camping tent
(b) Large mattress
(c) Small car
(d) Computer

13. What is it that Klaus likes to do best?
(a) Swim
(b) Read
(c) Sing
(d) Hike

14. What are Violet, Klaus and Sunny forced to eat without any silverware?
(a) Oatmeal
(b) Scrambled eggs
(c) Biscuits and gravy
(d) Breakfast burritos

15. Who walks into the shack surprising the children?
(a) Mrs. Bass
(b) Mr. Poe
(c) Principal Nero
(d) Mr. Remora

Short Answer Questions

1. How long do the violin recitals that Principal Nero gives each night last?

2. Where do the children find a fungus growing in the shack?

3. What do the Quagmire triplets share with the Baudelaires?

4. What does Coach Genghis tell Principal Nero that orphans have?

5. Who does Principal Nero say that Duncan Quagmire is?

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