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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the children tell Mr. Poe that Count Olaf is always asking about?
(a) Why the children smell funny
(b) The house fire
(c) Their father's will
(d) Their money

2. What does Klaus explain it is that makes the figure look frightening?
(a) Mist
(b) Her imagination
(c) The hat it is wearing
(d) Lack of light

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

4. Klaus is able to tell the difference between which two animals?
(a) Leapard and cheetah
(b) Black leapord and spotted leapord
(c) Alligator and crocodile
(d) Lion and tiger

5. What does Klaus say he would like to buy if he could use the family money?
(a) His own bed
(b) A maid
(c) A cook
(d) Library

6. Where did the children first meet Mr. Poe?
(a) Birthday party
(b) Company picnic
(c) Church
(d) Dinner party

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

8. On the notes that Count Olaf leaves the children what does he put at the bottom instead of his name?
(a) Uncle Olaf
(b) An X
(c) Master Olaf
(d) An eye

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

10. Why does Mr. Poe say that the Baudelaires' parents most likely never invited Count Olaf over?
(a) Count Olaf was excentric
(b) Count Olaf was busy
(c) Their parents wanted to keep him a surprise
(d) They hated dinner parties

11. What is Justice Strauss holding when she first meets the Baudelaire children?
(a) Flower pot
(b) Pie
(c) Bag of manure
(d) Loaf of bread

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

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

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

15. What kind of pictures does the book that Sunny chooses have?
(a) Teeth
(b) A bed
(c) Candy
(d) Toys

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the only decoration in the children's room?

2. What fruit has been put with their breakfast that Count Olaf has served?

3. What do the children think the pot of bubbling sauce looks like after they have been so frightened by Count Olaf and his friends?

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

5. What does Count Olaf tell the children that he wants them to do in order to feel more at home with him?

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