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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 reason does Mr. Poe give to explain Count Olaf's busy schedule?
(a) He does charity work
(b) He is an actor
(c) He is a traveling salesman
(d) He just got out of jail

2. What does Sunny enjoy doing?
(a) Hitting people
(b) Sleeping
(c) Eating
(d) Biting things

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

4. What does Violet begin to do when she sees the figure walking towards them on the beach?
(a) Runs
(b) Hides
(c) Yells for the police
(d) Throws a rock

5. What does Klaus think of being destroyed in the fire?
(a) His bed
(b) The books he hasn't yet read
(c) His mother and father
(d) All his things

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the children first meet Mr. Poe?

2. What is in the corner of Strauss' personal library that doesn't contain books?

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

4. What is wrong with the clothing that Mrs. Poe purchased for the children?

5. What does Violet say she would want to buy if she could use her family's money?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What does the bald man do before he joins Olaf and the others in the dinning room?

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

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

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

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

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