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

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

3. How long does Mr. Poe say the children have to wait to be able to use their family's money?
(a) Violet comes of age
(b) Violet gets out of college
(c) The children all have turned 21
(d) Sunny comes of age

4. What reason does Olaf give the children for asking Justice Strauss to play the judge in his play?
(a) Because she works for cheap
(b) To make the play more authentic
(c) To be neighborly
(d) Because he likes her

5. What does Mr. Poe's son complain about in relation to Sunny?
(a) She hits people
(b) She soils her diaper all the time
(c) She bites
(d) She cries a lot

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Klaus say that they must go and look for soon?

2. What do the children realize Count Olaf isn't wearing?

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

4. Who knocks on the front door while Violet and Klaus are trying to figure out what to have for dinner?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. In Chapter 6 what is the children's response to the breakfast that Count Olaf makes?

10. What is Violet's first thought when she sees the figure walking towards them in Chapter 1?

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