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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. Why does Isadora suggest that the helicopter never arrived to take the Baudelaire children away?
(a) Count Olaf is going to contact them by radio
(b) They had to wait until the next night
(c) They are waiting on the right weather
(d) They got lost

2. What does Violet say is the shape of her potato?
(a) Toe shaped
(b) Elongated
(c) Crab shaped
(d) Heart shaped

3. What does Isadora say she thought might have been the purpose of the circle Coach Genghis had them make?
(a) For Coach Genghis to trip the Baudelaire children
(b) To make the lawn pretty
(c) So that Coach Genghis could blame the children for vandelism
(d) For a helicopter to land

4. Why do the children not invent, think, or bite anything?
(a) Too tired
(b) Too busy
(c) Too woried
(d) Too scared

5. What does Carmelita tell the children they owe her?
(a) Candy
(b) Money
(c) A thank you
(d) Two tips

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Duncan say he will loan to Violet?

2. Who enters the shack and tells the children how hard their tests will be?

3. In the beginning of Chapter 9 what do the children know about Coach Genghis' plan?

4. What does Duncan say he is looking through old newspapers to find information on?

5. Where does Violet get the piece of yarn to tie around the bag of flour?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to the children's school work as a result of their S.O.R.E.?

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

3. Describe the symbol that the luminous circle begins to take on.

4. 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?

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

6. Describe the reaction that the Baudelaire children have when they look at the Quagmires in their disguises.

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

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

9. What do Isadora and Duncan tell the Baudelaires they have been looking for in old newspapers?

10. Describe how the shack has changed as it is described in the beginning of Chapter 10.

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