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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 Olaf say he has become since he has adopted the children?
2. What is in the corner of Strauss' personal library that doesn't contain books?
3. What word does Mr. Poe explain the meaning of to the children although they already know it?
4. How long does Mr. Poe say the children have to wait to be able to use their family's money?
5. What does Count Olaf say he can barely stand to do?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is Count Olaf's reaction upon learning they are not having roast beef?
2. What is Violet's first thought when she sees the figure walking towards them in Chapter 1?
3. What is the children's response in Chapter 1 when they hear that their parents have just died?
4. What does Violet suggest they do in Chapter 5 while they are chopping wood? What is Klaus' reaction?
5. Describe the scene after Olaf and his troupe leave the house to go to their performance.
6. What events do the children remember while talking about Violet burning the toast in Chapter 3?
7. What is Edgar and Albert's response when Mr. Poe tells the Baudelaire children that they are leaving the next day?
8. How does Count Olaf's house look when the children first see it?
9. In Chapter 6 what is the children's response to the breakfast that Count Olaf makes?
10. 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?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
1) What is significant about Mr. Poe's coughing fits? What feeling or thought is the author trying to impart to the reader by giving Mr. Poe these coughing fits?
2) What does it further say about Mr. Poe when the children go to see him at the bank?
Essay Topic 2
Why is the symbol of an eye chosen to be used in Count Olaf's house and on his ankle? What does this image convey to the children? To the reader?
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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