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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 Count Olaf tell the children to do if they want another bed?
(a) Use their own money to go get it
(b) Build one
(c) Go sleep in the shed
(d) Find one in the trash

2. What is the only thing that Violet says she knows how to cook?
(a) Cereal
(b) Eggs
(c) Oatmeal
(d) Toast

3. Where does Klaus say he would rather take his chances than with Count Olaf?
(a) At an orphanage
(b) A foster home
(c) With cannibals
(d) In the streets

4. What does Justice Strauss say that her case in the High Court was about?
(a) Dog fights
(b) A credit card and a rare snake
(c) A plant and someone's missing mother
(d) A poisonous plant and a credit card

5. What is Justice Strauss holding when she first meets the Baudelaire children?
(a) Loaf of bread
(b) Flower pot
(c) Pie
(d) Bag of manure

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Sunny say that gives Klaus and Violet an idea of what to do to learn about Olaf's plans?

3. What happens to the beach when it is sunny and nice?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. At the beginning of Chapter 5 what are the children's moods when they wake up the next morning?

3. Describe the children's sleeping conditions at Count Olaf's home.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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