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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 Mr. Poe's son complain about in relation to Sunny?
2. What does Klaus think of being destroyed in the fire?
3. How long does Mr. Poe say the children have to wait to be able to use their family's money?
4. What does Klaus explain it is that makes the figure look frightening?
5. What do the children put their clothes in at Count Olaf's house?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is Violet's first thought when she sees the figure walking towards them in Chapter 1?
2. What is Violet doing while she is standing on the beach in Chapter 1?
3. What is the children's response in Chapter 1 when they hear that their parents have just died?
4. Describe the scene after Olaf and his troupe leave the house to go to their performance.
5. Describe the people that come into Count Olaf's house to have dinner.
6. What does Mr. Poe explain will happen to the children now that their parents are dead?
7. Describe the children's sleeping conditions at Count Olaf's home.
8. In Chapter 6 what is the children's response to the breakfast that Count Olaf makes?
9. How does Count Olaf describe the play, The Marvelous Marriage, to the children?
10. What does Violet mean when she says that Mr. Poe was like the executioner in Chapter 1?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Take a closer look at Justice Strauss.
1) Why did she take to the children so quickly? Why did she offer to come let them live with her?
2) Why did the children not try to tell her about how they were being treated? Would she have believed them?
Essay Topic 2
Describe the feeling that the children have once they are put into Count Olaf's home. How is this reflected in the room they are forced to share? Explain your reasoning.
Essay Topic 3
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?
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