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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. Why does Coach Genghis say he can't take off his turban?

2. Who does Principal Nero say that Duncan Quagmire is?

3. Why does Coach Genghis say that he can't take off his shoes?

4. Who surprises the children while they are talking to Principal Nero about Count Olaf's disguises?

5. Who walks into the shack surprising the children?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe what Violet is thinking about in Chapter 1 as they are walking towards the school for the first time.

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

3. What do the children explain to Principal Nero is the reason that they have come to see him?

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

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

6. What background information is given to the reader in Chapter 1 regarding the relationship and past events between the Baudelaire children and Count Olaf?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why do the Quagmires insist on being called triplets even though their brother is dead, leaving only the two of them?

Is it more appropriate to call them twins than triplets? Explain your answers.

Essay Topic 2

There are children in the story and adults.

1) What role do the adults play in the story?

2) What role do the children play?

3) Are the adults only made out to look stupid and incompetent? Explain.

Essay Topic 3

Emotions run high in the story.

1) Explain the emotions and the role that they play in the story.

2) In what way do the Baudelaire children and the Quagmire children mirror real life children emotionally given the situation. In what ways are they different?

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