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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Count Olaf tell the children about the fruit in their bowls?
(a) They make wonderful pies
(b) They were picked fresh
(c) It was his favorite when he was young
(d) They get stuck in your teeth

2. What does the peep hole on Count Olaf's door look like?
(a) Count Olaf's face
(b) The theater symbol
(c) A tiger
(d) An eye

3. What is wrong with the clothing that Mrs. Poe purchased for the children?
(a) It was too small
(b) It was used and dirty
(c) It was itchy
(d) It was too large

4. What is the only thing that Violet says she knows how to cook?
(a) Oatmeal
(b) Toast
(c) Cereal
(d) Eggs

5. What does Sunny say that gives Klaus and Violet an idea of what to do to learn about Olaf's plans?
(a) Call
(b) Follow
(c) Run
(d) Books

6. Who does Klaus suggest could adopt them?
(a) Violet
(b) Mr. Poe
(c) Their grandmother
(d) Justice Strauss

7. What does the man with hook hands say that you must teach children?
(a) Obey their elders
(b) Listen to the parents
(c) Learn respect
(d) Cook

8. How is the trolley described that the children are allowed to take to the beach?
(a) Smelly
(b) Old
(c) Rickety
(d) Shakey

9. What does Violet say she would like a book on?
(a) Fairy tales
(b) Running away
(c) Hair and make-up
(d) Engineering

10. What does Sunny do while Violet and Klaus are packing their clothes?
(a) Bites Edgar and Albert's shoes
(b) Begins to cry
(c) Bites the bed posts
(d) Spits up on Edgar and Albert's comics

11. What does Sunny do to Justice Strauss?
(a) Bites her hard
(b) Kicks her
(c) Bites her gently
(d) Hits her with a pan

12. What does Count Olaf say that he wants to use the children's money for?
(a) Getting the children an education
(b) Buying a new house
(c) Traveling the world
(d) Fixing up his house

13. What does Violet suggest they go to Justice Strauss' house for?
(a) Books
(b) To ask her to adopt them
(c) For a place to sleep
(d) Help

14. What does Klaus say he would like a book on?
(a) Wolves
(b) Trains
(c) Archery
(d) Sea creatures

15. What is in the corner of Strauss' personal library that doesn't contain books?
(a) A filing cabinet to easily find a book
(b) Chairs
(c) Television
(d) Ladder to reach books with

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Violet say that they must do, quoting her father, after Klaus says he hates everything about Olaf's home?

2. When the story begins where are the Baudelaire children?

3. What does Justice Strauss do that immediately puts Violet at ease?

4. What happens to the beach when it is sunny and nice?

5. What does Sunny enjoy doing?

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