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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. What is Violet thinking of inventing a machine to do while they are on the beach?
(a) Make it always cloudy
(b) Fetch the rocks she is skipping
(c) Create a perfect day
(d) Help you swim

2. What do the children see on Count Olaf?
(a) A hairy mole
(b) Eye tattoo on his wrist
(c) House tattoo on his neck
(d) Eye tattoo on his ankle

3. When does Klaus suggest they could come over?
(a) Tomorrow
(b) Today
(c) That weekend
(d) Next week

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

5. What is the only decoration in the children's room?
(a) A painting of an eye
(b) A sculpture of an eye
(c) A statue of Count Olaf
(d) A picture of a house burning

Short Answer Questions

1. Who do the children see coming towards them?

2. What does Klaus tell Mr. Poe that Count Olaf is?

3. What does Violet have to drop in order to take Klaus' hand?

4. What reason does Mr. Poe give to explain Count Olaf's busy schedule?

5. What does Count Olaf say that he wants to use the children's money for?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Count Olaf's reaction upon learning they are not having roast beef?

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

3. What is the children's response in Chapter 1 when they hear that their parents have just died?

4. Describe the scene after Olaf and his troupe leave the house to go to their performance.

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

6. What does Justice Strauss tell the children when they see her extensive book collection?

7. What does Violet give as the reason she should not participate in the Marvelous Marriage?

8. In Chapter 3 after Klaus and Violet think about their parents what does Klaus suddenly begin yelling?

9. 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?

10. What does a normal day entail for the children at Count Olaf's house as described early on in Chapter 3?

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