The Bad Beginning Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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The Bad Beginning Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Klaus say that they must go and look for soon?
(a) A school
(b) A park
(c) A public library
(d) A lawyer

2. What does Count Olaf tell the children to do if they want another bed?
(a) Go sleep in the shed
(b) Build one
(c) Find one in the trash
(d) Use their own money to go get it

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

4. 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) Oil
(b) Blood
(c) Mud
(d) Vomit

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

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

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

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

9. What does Klaus say he wished he knew more about and wants to get a book on?
(a) Inheritance law
(b) How to grow tomatoes
(c) Adoption law
(d) Divorcing your parent/guardian

10. 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) There never was one
(c) With Count Olaf
(d) His tower

11. Why does Mr. Poe explain the children will be going to live with Count Olaf?
(a) He is the closest relative geographically
(b) He is the only relative to be found
(c) Their parents mentioned him in the will
(d) Count Olaf has asked for the children

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

13. What does Klaus tell Mr. Poe that Count Olaf is?
(a) A mad man
(b) A child abuser
(c) A lunatic
(d) A horrid person

14. What does Mr. Poe say must happen before the Baudelaire money can be used?
(a) The children must die
(b) Klaus must marry
(c) Sunny must turn 21
(d) Violet must come of age

15. What does Violet suggest they go to Justice Strauss' house for?
(a) Books
(b) To ask her to adopt them
(c) Help
(d) For a place to sleep

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of dish do the children decide on for Count Olaf and his troop?

2. What does Justice Strauss say that her case in the High Court was about?

3. What has Count Olaf made for the children to eat when they awake the next morning?

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

5. What does Count Olaf say that the theater troupe and himself should do in order to enjoy their meal?

(see the answer keys)

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