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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 the narrator explain about Prufrock Preparatory School in its current state?
(a) It is closed
(b) It was destroyed in a fire
(c) It is used as a prison
(d) It is an old folks home

2. What does Klaus say the school motto translates to?
(a) Run, run while you can
(b) Death to all who enter here
(c) It's to late to turn back
(d) Remember you will die

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

4. 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?
(a) Lousy Lane
(b) Chain gang
(c) Lucky Smells Lumbermill
(d) Count Olaf's house

5. What is the punishment for being late for work or class?
(a) Must go with a muzzle on all day
(b) Feet tied together
(c) Loss of shoes
(d) Hands tied behind your back

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Principal Nero say is the punishment for going to the administrative building?

2. What does Violet say she can invent?

3. In class what does Carmelita whisper in Violet's ear when she pokes her and causes Violet to loose her concentration?

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

5. What does Coach Genghis give to Nero?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is the explanation that the narrator gives the expression "Mountain out of a Molehill" in Chapter 3?

4. Describe the food being served in the cafeteria.

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

6. What do the children do when Coach Genghis walks into the office and says that he might really be Count Olaf in disguise?

7. What does Nero tell the children while describing the shack they will be living in?

8. How is Principal Nero's sonata in Chapter 5 described?

9. Describe the scene in Principal Nero's office where the children are trying to act like they are joking about Coach Genghis' outfit being a disguise.

10. After having discussed Olaf and their plans to unmask him in Chapter 5 what do the children talk about?

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