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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 do the children think the pot of bubbling sauce looks like after they have been so frightened by Count Olaf and his friends?
(a) Mud
(b) Oil
(c) Vomit
(d) Blood

2. 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

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

4. What does Klaus say he would like a book on?
(a) Archery
(b) Wolves
(c) Sea creatures
(d) Trains

5. What does Mr. Poe do that keeps him from hearing Violet explain that Klaus has been struck by Count Olaf?
(a) Coughs
(b) Talks at the same time she does
(c) Sneezes
(d) Answers a phone

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where does Klaus say he would rather take his chances than with Count Olaf?

3. Klaus is able to tell the difference between which two animals?

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

5. What kind of pictures does the book that Sunny chooses have?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. 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?

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

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

7. What does Violet mean when she says that Mr. Poe was like the executioner in Chapter 1?

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

9. In Chapter 3 what is explained by the narrator when Klaus says he hopes the person knocking on the door is someone to visit them?

10. What does Mr. Poe explain will happen to the children now that their parents are dead?

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