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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 say that the theater troupe and himself should do in order to enjoy their meal?
(a) Throw it out
(b) Get drunk
(c) Have the children cook something else
(d) Order out

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

3. Why was Mr. Poe not home very much?
(a) Dr. appointments
(b) Taking his sons to ball games
(c) Out golfing
(d) Working

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

5. What does Violet wish that she had bought at the market to put in Olaf's food?
(a) Roast Beef
(b) A bus ticket
(c) Poison
(d) Ex-lax

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

7. What did the children buy for dessert for Count Olaf and the troupe?
(a) Pie
(b) Pudding
(c) Cake
(d) Ice Cream

8. What is noticed about the figure approaching the children before it gets to them?
(a) It limps
(b) It is tall and lean
(c) It is carrying a package
(d) It is tall and square

9. What fruit has been put with their breakfast that Count Olaf has served?
(a) Tomatoes
(b) Blackberries
(c) Raspberries
(d) Blueberries

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

11. What does Violet do when she is thinking about inventions?
(a) Sucks her thumb
(b) Puts on her glasses
(c) Chews on her bottom lip
(d) Ties her hair up

12. Where do the Baudelaire children decide the map of the city that Count Olaf had talked about must be?
(a) In Count Olaf's bedroom
(b) With Count Olaf
(c) There never was one
(d) His tower

13. What does Mr. Poe do that keeps him from hearing Violet explain that Klaus has been struck by Count Olaf?
(a) Talks at the same time she does
(b) Sneezes
(c) Coughs
(d) Answers a phone

14. What does Justice Strauss say that her case in the High Court was about?
(a) Dog fights
(b) A plant and someone's missing mother
(c) A credit card and a rare snake
(d) A poisonous plant and a credit card

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Klaus say he wished he knew more about and wants to get a book on?

2. Who does Violet say they should go see?

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

4. How long does Mr. Poe say the children have to wait to be able to use their family's money?

5. Who does Count Olaf say he got a phone call from?

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