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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 Klaus explain it is that makes the figure look frightening?

2. What is the only thing that Violet says she knows how to cook?

3. What happens to the beach when it is sunny and nice?

4. What word does Mr. Poe explain the meaning of to the children although they already know it?

5. What does Justice Strauss tell Violet they can come help her do sometime?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. In Chapter 6 what is the children's response to the breakfast that Count Olaf makes?

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

7. What is Violet's initial response to playing Count Olaf's bride in Chapter 6?

8. How does Count Olaf's house look when the children first see it?

9. In Chapter 3 after Klaus and Violet think about their parents what does Klaus suddenly begin yelling?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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 3

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?

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