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

2. What is Mrs. Bass obsessed with?
(a) Her hair
(b) Rulers
(c) Metric system
(d) Fractions

3. What instrument do the children hear when they are standing outside Nero's office?
(a) Flute
(b) Guitar
(c) Tuba
(d) Violin

4. What does Coach Genghis say is the reason for the present to Principal Nero?
(a) For giving him a job
(b) For the honor of working with such a genious
(c) Because it was free
(d) The wonderful recital

5. What does Coach Genghis give to Nero?
(a) A rose
(b) A new bow for his violin
(c) A picture of himself
(d) A boquet

Short Answer Questions

1. Where had Sunny and her siblings been placed in the past that prepared her to an extent for the hard work she was to do as Principal Nero's secretary?

2. What does Principal Nero tell the children is the only thing under his nose?

3. What does the narrator say in regards to the Quagmire triplets helping the Baudelaires?

4. Who does the narrator say is the hero of the story?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the narrator have to say about Carmelita Spats?

2. What do the Quagmire and Baudelaire children talk about doing when they grow up in Chapter 4?

3. What does Nero tell the children in Chapter 2 about the dormitory that they have at Prufrock Prep?

4. What does the narrator say about the current state of the school and what happened to it after the Baudelaire children left?

5. Describe the food being served in the cafeteria.

6. Describe the story of Violet and Klaus going to the fair when their uncle entered a pig into the contest.

7. Describe the scene as the Baudelaire children are told to leave Nero's office in Chapter 2.

8. What is the description of the Prufrock Prep that is given in Chapter 1 as the children and Mr. Poe look up at it?

9. Describe what Violet is thinking about in Chapter 1 as they are walking towards the school for the first time.

10. What is said about the picnic the children went on with their parents as they recall it in Chapter 6?

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