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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long does Mr. Poe say the children have to wait to be able to use their family's money?
(a) Violet comes of age
(b) The children all have turned 21
(c) Sunny comes of age
(d) Violet gets out of college

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

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

4. 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 money
(d) Their father's will

5. What does Justice Strauss tell Violet they can come help her do sometime?
(a) Garden
(b) Cook
(c) Clean
(d) Shop

6. What does Justice Strauss do that immediately puts Violet at ease?
(a) Hugs Violet
(b) Touches Violet's hair
(c) Holds Violet's hand
(d) Laughs

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

8. What do the children think the pot of bubbling sauce looks like after they have been so frightened by Count Olaf and his friends?
(a) Vomit
(b) Mud
(c) Oil
(d) Blood

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

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

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. What does Violet call Count Olaf while trying to keep him from getting mad when she tries to refuse to take part in the play?
(a) Father
(b) Kind Sir
(c) Mr. Count Olaf, Lord and Master
(d) Master

13. What does Sunny do while Violet and Klaus prepare the meal?
(a) Bang on a pot
(b) Bites the table leg
(c) Chews on a piece of garlic
(d) Talks to a bug on the floor

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

15. What does Count Olaf blame his past 'standoffish' behavior on?
(a) He had been unsure how to act around children
(b) Nervous about upcoming play
(c) He has been sick
(d) He was trying to show off for his friends

Short Answer Questions

1. On the notes that Count Olaf leaves the children what does he put at the bottom instead of his name?

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

3. What do the children realize Count Olaf isn't wearing?

4. What is the only thing that Violet says she knows how to cook?

5. What is wrong with the clothing that Mrs. Poe purchased for the children?

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