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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 Principal Nero say is hard about Sunny's papers?

2. What does Violet say she has to find snitch some things for?

3. What does Isador suggest they use as a substitute for Sunny to trick Coach Genghis?

4. What does Klaus say he had though briefly about doing?

5. What do the Quagmires need a string for?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What plan do the Quagmires come up with?

4. 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?

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

6. What do the children see at the end of Chapter 11 that makes them realize something is wrong with the Quagmires?

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

8. Describe how the shack has changed as it is described in the beginning of Chapter 10.

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Coach Genghis, also known as Count Olaf, and Principal Nero appear to have a lot in common.

1) Is it possible that Principal Nero would have been willing to help Count Olaf? Explain.

2) Did Count Olaf perchance honestly like Principal Nero or was he simply using him? Explain your answer.

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

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.

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