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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. Who comes to get Klaus and calls him home?
(a) Count Olaf
(b) Hook-handed man
(c) The bald man
(d) The white faced women

2. What does the hook-handed man say the three orphans will have to do that night?
(a) Be locked in the tower together
(b) Be beaten
(c) Go without supper
(d) Be tied up

3. Once the invention is complete, what is it that Violet has made?
(a) A harpoon
(b) A bungee
(c) A grappling hook
(d) A pulley system

4. In the story that Violet found, who did a woman leave her money to instead of her three sons?
(a) Her cat
(b) A weasel
(c) A stray dog
(d) The family doctor

5. What is Klaus' costume for the play?
(a) A policeman's uniform
(b) A sailor suit
(c) A poilot suit
(d) An army outfit

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Violet claim she wants to do as the reason she wants to visit Sunny?

2. What does Violet's invention look like when she initially gets done?

3. What explanation does Klaus give to Justice Strauss for why they are reading her large law books?

4. Who comes by and tells the children they look wonderful after they are in their outfits?

5. What does Klaus see Violet do that he hadn't seen her do in a long time?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the narrator tell the audience that they would find in his room as he describes it in Chapter 11?

2. Describe the scene seen by the children at the beginning of Chapter 12 while they are standing back stage of the play.

3. Describe the play as Klaus recounts it in chapter twelve while he is watching Count Olaf's performance.

4. Describe the scene in Chapter 8 where Klaus goes to wake up Violet and explain Olaf's plan.

5. What is it that Violet's parents told her when they brought both Klaus, and later, Sunny, home from the hospital?

6. Describe the scene where Violet is walking down the stairs to do the play, The Marvelous Marriage, in Chapter 11.

7. Describe what makes Violet's plan risky and dangerous.

8. While Violet and Klaus are trying to think of a way to get out of the tower in Chapter 11 what things do they discuss but don't offer any help?

9. What are the costumes that Klaus and Violet are put into for 'The Marvelous Marriage'?

10. How is the tower described in Chapter 11?

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