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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 is the punishment for being late for meals?

2. What does Sunny tell her siblings to be on the lookout for?

3. What does Mr. Remora constantly eat?

4. What is the Principal's sonata said to have sounded like he was trying to imitate?

5. What is the only thing the Baudelaire children can count on from Mr. Poe?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What happens when Sunny runs out of staples?

4. Describe the food being served in the cafeteria.

5. How does the narrator describe the words 'hee hee hee' to the reader as the Baudelaire children hear them in the end of Chapter 2?

6. What do the Quagmire and Baudelaire children talk about doing when they grow up in Chapter 4?

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

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

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

10. What does the narrator say about the school motto and the effect that it has as the children walk into the school at the end of Chapter 1?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

There is a lot of narcissism in regards to Coach Genghis and Principal Nero.

1) At what point does a person's self worth go from healthy to narcissism?

2) Is it better for a person to have low self esteem or be narcissistic? Explain.

Essay Topic 2

Do you pity the Baudelaire children? Explain your answer and why or why not.

Essay Topic 3

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?

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