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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 Isador suggest they use as a substitute for Sunny to trick Coach Genghis?

2. What does Violet pull out of Sunny's hair?

3. What is the difference in the stories Klaus would read at home and the ones he was reading in the orphan shack?

4. What had the Quagmires done in order to try and make sure the Baudelaires are safe?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Describe the plan that the Quagmires have put into action in order to help the Baudelaire children.

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

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

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

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

8. What starts the fight between Klaus and Isadora?

9. What plan do the Quagmires come up with?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Does reading this book make you want to read the previous in the series? The rest in the series? Explain the reasoning. Does the narrator's explanation that the Baudelaires' story doesn't end well affect your desire to read the other books? Why?

Essay Topic 3

Describe Carmelita Spats' character. Compare her to Count Olaf. In what ways are they similar? In what ways are the different? Explain.

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