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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 tell the children is the only thing under his nose?
(a) The smell of something fishy
(b) Smelly orphans
(c) His mouth
(d) His violin

2. What do the Quagmires tell the Baudelaires that they are going to do?
(a) Help the Baudelaires run away
(b) Convince Nero of the truth
(c) Help unmask Count Olaf
(d) Break in to see the advanced computer

3. What does Klaus laugh about realizing as they are walking to the administration building?
(a) Count Olaf's turban makes him look like a woman
(b) They will have to eat their meals with their hands
(c) They will have to buy Nero candy
(d) They will have to have their hands tied behind their backs

4. What is the color of the walls in the shack?
(a) Purple with blue stars
(b) Pink with orange shapes
(c) A tin color
(d) Green with pink hearts

5. What does Mr. Remora constantly eat?
(a) Apples
(b) Bananas
(c) Plums
(d) Kiwis

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Violet say she can invent?

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

4. What does Principal Nero say that they will do if need be in order to get the children a proper education?

5. What has Nero instructed the children to do during gym time until the replacement gym teacher comes?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Klaus not accuse Coach Genghis of being Count Olaf when Coach Genghis enters in Chapter 6?

2. What does Principal Nero tell the children about his life and being principal?

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

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

5. What do the children explain to Principal Nero is the reason that they have come to see him?

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

7. What background information is given to the reader in Chapter 1 regarding the relationship and past events between the Baudelaire children and Count Olaf?

8. What does Mr. Poe tell the children as they walk up to the Prufrock Preparatory School?

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

10. Describe Violet's class in room one with Mr. Remora.

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