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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 does Sunny do while Violet and Klaus are packing their clothes?
(a) Bites the bed posts
(b) Bites Edgar and Albert's shoes
(c) Begins to cry
(d) Spits up on Edgar and Albert's comics

2. What is the name of Count Olaf's play?
(a) The Marvelous Marriage
(b) Stealing a Fortune
(c) Getting Away with Murder
(d) Doing Away with the Orphans

3. What kind of dish do the children decide on for Count Olaf and his troop?
(a) Spaghetti
(b) Chicken
(c) Pork
(d) Beef

4. What does the peep hole on Count Olaf's door look like?
(a) The theater symbol
(b) Count Olaf's face
(c) A tiger
(d) An eye

5. What is in the corner of Strauss' personal library that doesn't contain books?
(a) A filing cabinet to easily find a book
(b) Ladder to reach books with
(c) Chairs
(d) Television

Short Answer Questions

1. What word does Mr. Poe explain the meaning of to the children although they already know it?

2. What does Mr. Poe's son complain about in relation to Sunny?

3. What do the children see on the wall when they step into Count Olaf's house?

4. What does Violet do when she is thinking about inventions?

5. Who does Violet say they should go see?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What events do the children remember while talking about Violet burning the toast in Chapter 3?

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

4. How does Mr. Poe treat the children while they are trying to talk to him in Chapter 5?

5. Describe how the story of the Baudelaire children is introduced.

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

7. What does Violet suggest they do in Chapter 5 while they are chopping wood? What is Klaus' reaction?

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

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

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

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