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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Violet do when she is thinking about inventions?
2. What is noticed about the figure approaching the children before it gets to them?
3. What does Sunny do while Violet and Klaus are packing their clothes?
4. What does Violet wish that she had bought at the market to put in Olaf's food?
5. When the story begins where are the Baudelaire children?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Violet mean when she says that Mr. Poe was like the executioner in Chapter 1?
2. What does the bald man do before he joins Olaf and the others in the dinning room?
3. Describe how the story of the Baudelaire children is introduced.
4. What is the response of Violet and Klaus when they are told they will be leaving the Poe household?
5. What is the children's response in Chapter 1 when they hear that their parents have just died?
6. What is Edgar and Albert's response when Mr. Poe tells the Baudelaire children that they are leaving the next day?
7. What do Count's guests say when they find that Count is disciplining the children?
8. How does Count Olaf describe the play, The Marvelous Marriage, to the children?
9. Describe the children's sleeping conditions at Count Olaf's home.
10. What does Violet suggest they do in Chapter 5 while they are chopping wood? What is Klaus' reaction?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Count Olaf seems to have a large following in his acting troupe. Why is he able to command so much loyalty? Why are Justice Strauss, Mr. Poe and seemingly every other adult taken in by his rouse?
Essay Topic 2
The law books seem to play a large role in Klaus' research. What is the purpose of the author using law books for Klaus' focus? What alternative could have been used for Klaus?
Essay Topic 3
List several of Count Olaf's acting troupe followers that the children mention throughout their stay. What is the purpose of these characters remaining nameless? If you had to name the characters what would they be named?
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