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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. When does Count Olaf say he will release Sunny?
(a) After he has the money
(b) When Klaus is dead
(c) When Violet signs over her rights to the money
(d) After the play

2. Why did Klaus choose not to tell Violet that he had smuggled a book out of the library?
(a) He didn't want her to get in trouble
(b) He was afraid she would make him put it back
(c) They didn't have a chance to talk in private
(d) He didn't want to give her false hope

3. What does Violet realize about Count Olaf that makes him even worse than before?
(a) He is smart
(b) He doesn't care about the children
(c) He is a member of the police force
(d) He is willing to do anything to get what he wants

4. What does Count Olaf demand to have before the children start their chores?
(a) Their shoes
(b) Lunch
(c) The law book
(d) A nap

5. What does Violet begin doing while they are trapped in the tower?
(a) Trying to find a way to contact Justice Strauss
(b) Writting her last will and testiment
(c) Trying to think of an invention to help them escape
(d) Looking for a way to call the police

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Klaus say was unique about the Macbeth play that was put according to the law book he had been reading?

2. What does the hook-handed man say he is going to go do?

3. What is Justice Strauss carrying that she is to use on stage?

4. What is Justice Strauss called off to do?

5. What does Klaus find when he tries to uncover Sunny to wake her up?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

3. How is the tower described in Chapter 11?

4. Describe how Count Olaf compares the children to a stubborn mule in Chapter 8?

5. 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?

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

7. Describe the grappling hook that Violet creates to attempt a rescue in Chapter 8.

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

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

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

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