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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. Where does Klaus say he would rather take his chances than with Count Olaf?

2. What do the children see on the wall when they step into Count Olaf's house?

3. What does Count Olaf tell the children to do if they want another bed?

4. What does Violet wish that she had bought at the market to put in Olaf's food?

5. What do the children have to play with?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Violet mean when she says that Mr. Poe was like the executioner in Chapter 1?

3. In Chapter 3 what is explained by the narrator when Klaus says he hopes the person knocking on the door is someone to visit them?

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

5. What is Edgar and Albert's response when Mr. Poe tells the Baudelaire children that they are leaving the next day?

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

7. Describe the scene after Olaf and his troupe leave the house to go to their performance.

8. What events do the children remember while talking about Violet burning the toast in Chapter 3?

9. What does Justice Strauss tell the children when they see her extensive book collection?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Violet and Klaus both seem to want to protect each other. Which seems to be more of the leader of the children? Explain your answer. Which do you think would be the better leader? Why?

Essay Topic 2

At the end of the story it is said that the children face an unknown future. Is their situation any better or safer at the end than it had been when they were living with Count Olaf? Explain. If the story had stopped here, and there had been no sequel, how would it have affected the reader's perception of what happens to the children long term?

Essay Topic 3

1) What is significant about Count Olaf's acting career?

2) Could Count Olaf have had a different career? Explain.

3) What is general thought about actors as a stereotype? Does Count Olaf fit this description? Explain.

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