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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 Carmelita tell the children they owe her?

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

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

4. What does Violet say is the shape of her potato?

5. What does Duncan say the man in the article found in the Bangkok Gazette had been arrested for?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. 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?

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

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

8. What is odd about the fact that Violet says "if we are lucky" as the narrator describes it in Chapter 8?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

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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