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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mr. Poe's son complain about in relation to Sunny?
(a) She bites
(b) She cries a lot
(c) She hits people
(d) She soils her diaper all the time

2. Who do the children see coming towards them?
(a) Mr. Poe
(b) Their parents
(c) Mrs. Poe
(d) Count Olaf

3. What do the children do to figuratively escape Count Olaf's home?
(a) Go to Justice Strauss' house
(b) Read
(c) Sleep
(d) Daydream

4. What does Justice Strauss show the children that excites them?
(a) A play room
(b) A private library
(c) A room for the children to stay in
(d) Books on adoption

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

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

7. What do the children have to play with?
(a) Sticks
(b) Fancy toys
(c) Rocks
(d) Pots and pans

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

9. What word does Mr. Poe explain the meaning of to the children although they already know it?
(a) Destroyed
(b) Died
(c) Perish
(d) Engulfed

10. What does Count Olaf ask for when he enters the kitchen?
(a) Chicken Tetrazzini
(b) Smoked Salmon
(c) Pasta
(d) Roast Beef

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

12. What does Violet do just before she gets ready to start thinking of an invention?
(a) Starts chewing on her nails
(b) Exercises
(c) Puts on her glasses
(d) Pulls her hair back

13. What does Sunny sleep on at Count Olaf's?
(a) A used crib
(b) A worn mattress
(c) Dirty clothes
(d) A pile of curtains

14. What does Olaf say he is doing when the theater troupe arrives?
(a) Getting the food
(b) Hugging the children
(c) Punishing the orphans
(d) Finding plates

15. What does Count Olaf tell the children to do before they step inside?
(a) Watch the steps
(b) Take off their shoes
(c) Wipe their feet
(d) Take off their coats

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mr. Poe say must happen before the Baudelaire money can be used?

2. Where do the Baudelaire children decide the map of the city that Count Olaf had talked about must be?

3. What does Violet suggest the children could do in return for using Strauss' library?

4. When does Klaus suggest they could come over?

5. Where does Klaus say he would rather take his chances than with Count Olaf?

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