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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 by and tells the children they look wonderful after they are in their outfits?
(a) Mr. Poe
(b) Justice Strauss
(c) Count Olaf
(d) The hook-handed man

2. What reason is explained to Klaus for the reason that Klaus has been allowed to live?
(a) Count Olaf is curious about Klaus
(b) Justice Strauss has been watching
(c) Mr. Poe is keeping too close an eye on them
(d) Count Olaf doesn't yet have his money

3. What type of knot does Violet use to tie the strips of cloth together?
(a) Poop Knot
(b) Butterfly Knot
(c) Devil's Tongue
(d) Slip Knot

4. What does Klaus see Violet do that he hadn't seen her do in a long time?
(a) Begin drawing an invention
(b) Tie up her hair
(c) Cross her arms
(d) Whistle

5. What does Count Olaf say he has put in the tower staircase to keep the kids from getting ideas?
(a) Dogs
(b) Locks
(c) Traps
(d) His assistants

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Klaus say they will take what they have learned in order to get Olaf in trouble?

2. What does Klaus tell Justice Strauss to make sure Sunny doesn't eat?

3. What does the hook-handed man say the three orphans will have to do that night?

4. Why doesn't Violet tell Klaus about her plan?

5. What does Violet see still laying on the ground untouched when they follow Count Olaf outside?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is described as the difference between the reasons that the Baudelaire children read the books and the reasons that lawyers read law books in Chapter 7?

2. What is Count Olaf's response in Chapter 8 when Klaus calls him a terrible man?

3. Describe what Count Olaf says and Violet thinks when he is asking her if it would be so bad being married to him in Chapter 8?

4. What is Justice Strauss' response when Violet and Klaus ask her if she is excited about being in Olaf's play in Chapter 7?

5. 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?

6. What does Violet find when she reaches the top of the tower and has climbed her grappling hook?

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

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

9. How does Klaus' all night reading in Chapter 8 compare to how he used to stay up all night reading when his parents were alive?

10. How does Klaus describe Olaf's plans as he has discovered them in Chapter 8?

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