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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What instrument do the children hear when they are standing outside Nero's office?

2. What is the punishment for being late for meals?

3. What did Klaus read about that helps him translate the school motto?

4. What did Sunny do on the picnic at the lake with their parents?

5. Who saves the Baudelaires from Carmelita Spats in the cafeteria?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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.

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

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

4. What do the Quagmire children tell the Baudelaire children that they will do in regards to Count Olaf in Chapter 5?

5. What do Coach Genghis and Principal Nero talk about on the way to the auditorium?

6. What causes the children to lose their appetites in Chapter 6?

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

8. What does Carmelita Spats tell the Baudelaire children in the cafeteria in Chapter 6?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the significance of the Baudelaire children finding a friend in the Quagmire children?

Should the Baudelaire children have refused to let the Quagmires help them? Why?

Essay Topic 2

The series is considered dark and in some places has been banned for its morbid humor and negative view of adults.

Is this book appropriate for readers age 3rd to 4th grade? Why?

Essay Topic 3

How does the theme change from the beginning of the story to the end of the story? Are the Baudelaire children better off in the beginning of the story or the end of the story and in what way?

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