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This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 128 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The Bad Beginning Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 128 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who do the children see coming towards them?
(a) Mr. Poe
(b) Count Olaf
(c) Their parents
(d) Mrs. Poe

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

3. What has Count Olaf made for the children to eat when they awake the next morning?
(a) Burnt toast
(b) Eggs
(c) Oatmeal
(d) Pancakes

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

5. Klaus is able to tell the difference between which two animals?
(a) Leapard and cheetah
(b) Lion and tiger
(c) Alligator and crocodile
(d) Black leapord and spotted leapord

Short Answer Questions

1. When the story begins where are the Baudelaire children?

2. What is the only decoration in the children's room?

3. What do the children tell Mr. Poe that Count Olaf is always asking about?

4. What does Count Olaf say he can barely stand to do?

5. What does Violet begin to do when she sees the figure walking towards them on the beach?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain what happens when Klaus talks back to Count Olaf in chapter four telling him that their family money can't be touched until Violet is of age.

2. What is Violet's initial response to playing Count Olaf's bride in Chapter 6?

3. In Chapter 6 what is the children's response to the breakfast that Count Olaf makes?

4. How does Count Olaf's house look when the children first see it?

5. What is Edgar and Albert's response when Mr. Poe tells the Baudelaire children that they are leaving the next day?

6. What does Mr. Poe tell the children when they say that Count Olaf is a terrible guardian and explain Count Olaf's behavior in Chapter 5?

7. What is the response of Violet and Klaus when they are told they will be leaving the Poe household?

8. What is Violet doing while she is standing on the beach in Chapter 1?

9. How does Count Olaf describe the play, The Marvelous Marriage, to the children?

10. Describe the people that come into Count Olaf's house to have dinner.

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