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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 he has put in the tower staircase to keep the kids from getting ideas?
(a) Locks
(b) His assistants
(c) Traps
(d) Dogs

2. What does Count Olaf 'innocently' suggest that Violet and Klaus do if they want to see something unusual?
(a) Go to the tower
(b) Follow him to the back yard
(c) Call the hook-handed man
(d) Read the paper

3. What does the hook-handed man hold in front of Klaus' face after threatening him?
(a) A knife
(b) His hooks
(c) A handkerchief
(d) A glass of milk

4. What does Violet find that Count Olaf is pointing at?
(a) Justice Strauss' house
(b) The children's window
(c) The tower
(d) The top of the tree

5. Klaus says that Count Olaf's plan wouldn't work if he and Violet were what?
(a) Muslim
(b) Methodists
(c) Polygamists
(d) Nudists

6. What is Violet's costume in the play?
(a) A velvet red dress
(b) A lacy white dress
(c) A satin yellow dress
(d) A cotton itchy dress

7. What reason is explained to Klaus for the reason that Klaus has been allowed to live?
(a) Count Olaf doesn't yet have his money
(b) Justice Strauss has been watching
(c) Mr. Poe is keeping too close an eye on them
(d) Count Olaf is curious about Klaus

8. What does Violet take to the tower stairs?
(a) Roast Beef
(b) Her drawings
(c) A piece of chalk
(d) The curtains

9. What does Count Olaf demand to have before the children start their chores?
(a) Their shoes
(b) Lunch
(c) A nap
(d) The law book

10. What does Violet suggest that Count Olaf might be trying to prove in order to get at the children's money?
(a) That the family owed him money
(b) That they are insane
(c) That they are sick
(d) That he is worthy of the vast fortune

11. What do Violet and Klaus tell Justice Strauss to do during the play to make it more fun?
(a) To interupt the wedding and announce her love for the groom
(b) Change her lines around on stage
(c) To sing the lines
(d) To suddenly fall and pretend to faint

12. Why does Violet not untie Sunny immediately after the hook-handed man has left the room?
(a) She can't undo the ropes
(b) Afraid of making Olaf even angrier
(c) So Sunny wouldn't cry
(d) Afraid of hurtintg Sunny

13. What does the hook-handed man say he is going to go do?
(a) Burn the grappling hook
(b) Go find some rope
(c) Take Violet to the garage
(d) Get Klaus

14. Who does Klaus say they will take what they have learned in order to get Olaf in trouble?
(a) Mr. Poe
(b) The Police
(c) Justice Strauss
(d) Their lawyer

15. Why did Klaus choose not to tell Violet that he had smuggled a book out of the library?
(a) They didn't have a chance to talk in private
(b) He didn't want to give her false hope
(c) He was afraid she would make him put it back
(d) He didn't want her to get in trouble

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Violet's real reason for wanting to come and see Sunny?

2. When does the hook-handed man say that Klaus might be allowed back in the library?

3. In the story that Violet found, who did a woman leave her money to instead of her three sons?

4. What type of knot does Violet use to tie the strips of cloth together?

5. What does the hook-handed man call Violet when he tells Count Olaf what she had tried to do?

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