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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Klaus see Violet do that he hadn't seen her do in a long time?
(a) Tie up her hair
(b) Begin drawing an invention
(c) Whistle
(d) Cross her arms

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

4. Who does Count Olaf find waiting for him at the breakfast table the next morning?
(a) Sunny
(b) Violet
(c) Klaus
(d) Justice Strauss

5. What does Klaus rip a paper into pieces for while he reads?
(a) Bookmarks
(b) To chew
(c) To keep his hands busy
(d) To try and stay awake

6. Once the invention is complete, what is it that Violet has made?
(a) A harpoon
(b) A grappling hook
(c) A pulley system
(d) A bungee

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

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

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

10. What does the narrator explain is an 'incentive' to lawyers to read law books?
(a) Knowledge
(b) Job security
(c) Respect
(d) Money

11. What does Klaus tell Justice Strauss to make sure Sunny doesn't eat?
(a) Marbles
(b) Weeds
(c) Bugs
(d) Dirt

12. What type of book is it that the narrator explains practically no one likes to read about?
(a) Law
(b) Medicine
(c) Death
(d) Orphans

13. What does Violet create using her knot-tying skills and the strips of cloth?
(a) A noose
(b) A rope
(c) A ladder
(d) A bed

14. What does the hook-handed man call Violet when he tells Count Olaf what she had tried to do?
(a) Ball and Chain
(b) Stinking Orphan
(c) Blushing Bride
(d) Money Honey

15. When does Count Olaf say he will release Sunny?
(a) When Violet signs over her rights to the money
(b) After he has the money
(c) After the play
(d) When Klaus is dead

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Violet not untie Sunny immediately after the hook-handed man has left the room?

2. What does the hook-handed man hold in front of Klaus' face after threatening him?

3. What does Count Olaf say is a reason that he wouldn't want to marry Violet?

4. What does Mr. Poe tell the children before they go onstage?

5. What does the hook-handed man tell Violet to do when he hoists her up into the room?

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