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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 does Klaus say he had though briefly about doing?

2. What inventor does Violet say she thinks could help them?

3. What are the children doing the next day after having run all night long?

4. What do the Baudelaires realize when they see the Quagmires' disguises?

5. What did Isadora and Duncan do as the first part of their plan?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How do the children do on their exams?

3. How tired are the Baudelaire children as described in Chapter 8?

4. What do the Baudelaire children do in the shack to get ready for the exams?

5. What does Principal Nero tell the children about the exams?

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

7. 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?

8. What plan do the Quagmires come up with?

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

10. Describe the topic of assumptions that the narrator speaks on in the beginning of Chapter 12.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

What purpose does the narrator achieve by continually warning the reader to put the book down and that the story doesn't end happily? Do you continue to hope for a happy ending despite this warning? Explain why or why not.

Essay Topic 3

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?

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