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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 Justice Strauss do that immediately puts Violet at ease?

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

3. What does Violet say she would want to buy if she could use her family's money?

4. What does Violet say that they must do, quoting her father, after Klaus says he hates everything about Olaf's home?

5. What has Count Olaf made for the children to eat when they awake the next morning?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. Explain the mood of the Baudelaire children in the beginning of Chapter 2 after they have learned of their parents' deaths.

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

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

5. What is Violet doing while she is standing on the beach in Chapter 1?

6. How does Mr. Poe treat the children while they are trying to talk to him in Chapter 5?

7. What does Mr. Poe tell the children when they say that Count Olaf is a terrible guardian and explain Count Olaf's behavior in Chapter 5?

8. Describe the Baudelaire children's response when they first meet Justice Strauss.

9. What is Count Olaf's reaction upon learning they are not having roast beef?

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

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

Sunny is an infant and although her presence causes many actions and reactions she doesn't have a very large role in the story.

1) Describe Sunny's personality.

2) How would the story have changed if there had been no Sunny?

3) How would the story have changed if Sunny had been much older?

Essay Topic 3

What is the significance of the play's name 'The Marvelous Marriage'? What other names could Count Olaf have come up with and created the same effect? Suggest your own name for the play, and give your reasons why.

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