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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 Isadora suggest that the helicopter never arrived to take the Baudelaire children away?

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

3. What does Principal Nero say about Carmelita Spats?

4. What does Principal Nero say he has never gotten to do before?

5. What costume is the woman wearing at the masquerade ball?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What plan do the Quagmires come up with?

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

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

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

6. Why do Klaus and Sunny not question Violet in Chapter 11 when she tells them she will need a crab for her invention?

7. What does the narrator explain that Coach Genghis has the Baudelaire children do every night?

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

9. What does the narrator explain the children should be nervous about at the end of Chapter 10?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The Baudelaire and Quagmire children felt that they had no options left when they decided to switch shoes.

What other options had been left open to them? What had they not thought of? Did they try everything given what is known about the series?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Mr. Remora and Mrs. Bass are two adults that aren't mean to the children but seem to be portrayed as less than intelligent.

What is the purpose of Mr. Remora and Mrs. Bass in the story?

What does it say about them that they are willing to stand up to Principal Nero only to the point that he offers to expel them?

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