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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Olaf say he has become since he has adopted the children?
(a) Their worst nightmare
(b) Their lord
(c) Their master
(d) Their father

2. Who did the Baudelaire children have to share a room with in the Poe house?
(a) Mr. Poe's two sons
(b) Mr. Poe's pet snake
(c) Mr. Poe's dogs
(d) Mr. Poe's mother

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

4. What do the children realize Count Olaf isn't wearing?
(a) Socks
(b) Underwear
(c) Shirt
(d) Dentures

5. What do the children put their clothes in at Count Olaf's house?
(a) A laundry basket
(b) A refrigerator box
(c) A chair
(d) A broken dresser

6. What reason does Mr. Poe give to explain Count Olaf's busy schedule?
(a) He is a traveling salesman
(b) He just got out of jail
(c) He does charity work
(d) He is an actor

7. What does Violet suggest she can do to help with Count Olaf's play?
(a) Build the set
(b) Be the prop master
(c) Play a member of the audience
(d) Play music

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

9. What does Klaus think of being destroyed in the fire?
(a) His mother and father
(b) The books he hasn't yet read
(c) All his things
(d) His bed

10. What reason does Olaf give the children for asking Justice Strauss to play the judge in his play?
(a) To be neighborly
(b) Because she works for cheap
(c) To make the play more authentic
(d) Because he likes her

11. What is the only decoration in the children's room?
(a) A sculpture of an eye
(b) A painting of an eye
(c) A statue of Count Olaf
(d) A picture of a house burning

12. Where does Klaus say he would rather take his chances than with Count Olaf?
(a) In the streets
(b) With cannibals
(c) A foster home
(d) At an orphanage

13. What does Violet say she would want to buy if she could use her family's money?
(a) Crib for Sunny
(b) Library
(c) Someone to chop the wood for her
(d) Inventing studio

14. What happens to the beach when it is sunny and nice?
(a) It is too hot
(b) The children get cranky
(c) It is very crowded
(d) The sun reflects off the waves

15. What is Violet thinking of inventing a machine to do while they are on the beach?
(a) Help you swim
(b) Make it always cloudy
(c) Fetch the rocks she is skipping
(d) Create a perfect day

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Count Olaf say that he wants to use the children's money for?

2. What does Sunny do while Violet and Klaus are packing their clothes?

3. What did the children buy for dessert for Count Olaf and the troupe?

4. Klaus is able to tell the difference between which two animals?

5. What word does Mr. Poe explain the meaning of to the children although they already know it?

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