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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 do the children believe the school is run by?

2. What does Carmelita call the Baudelaires after she sees Sunny sleeping in her salad?

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

4. What do the Quagmires say they will do so that Klaus and Violet will have time to study for their tests?

5. What does the narrator say is the only reason a person shouldn't get a good night's sleep?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What starts the fight between Klaus and Isadora?

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

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

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

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

10. 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?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Speculate on the reason that the narrator began telling the story of Beatrice in the middle of the story.

Why did he suddenly stop?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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