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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 do the Quagmires tell the Baudelaires at dinner time?
(a) They have solved the problem
(b) They have taken care of Coach Genghis
(c) They know where the assistants of Coach Genghis are
(d) They have called the police

2. What does Principal Nero say about Carmelita Spats?
(a) Her daddy has a lot of money
(b) She is Coach Genghis' special messenger
(c) Carmelita is his favorite student
(d) He doesn't know who Carmelita Spats is

3. What is Klaus' job while Violet begins the staple-making process?
(a) Study the Quagmires' notebooks
(b) To take a quick nap
(c) To do the laundry
(d) To go see how the Quagmires are doing

4. What does Duncan say he is looking through old newspapers to find information on?
(a) Count Olaf's past
(b) Coach Genghis teaching certificate
(c) School loopholes
(d) Orphanages

5. What does Sunny say when the children are discussing people who could help them figure out something?
(a) Dentures
(b) Cannibal
(c) Bite
(d) Shark

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Duncan do to show he has had an idea?

2. What does Isadora say she thought might have been the purpose of the circle Coach Genghis had them make?

3. What does Carmelita tell the children they owe her?

4. Why does Isadora suggest that the helicopter never arrived to take the Baudelaire children away?

5. What horrible things does the author NOT say can happen to celery?

Short Essay Questions

1. In the end of Chapter 8 what does the narrator explain about the Baudelaires' desire to be lucky and how lucky they want to be?

2. Describe the topic of assumptions that the narrator speaks on in the beginning of Chapter 12.

3. What are the children sore from in the beginning of Chapter 8?

4. What does Coach Genghis tell the children to do when they meet him after dinner in Chapter 7?

5. What does Coach Genghis tell the children about the exercises the children are to do and orphan muscles.

6. What plan do the Quagmires come up with?

7. In Chapter 11 in what way are the children reminded of being at home?

8. Describe how the day goes while the Baudelaire children are waiting for their meeting with Coach Genghis.

9. What is odd about the fact that Violet says "if we are lucky" as the narrator describes it in Chapter 8?

10. How tired are the Baudelaire children as described in Chapter 8?

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