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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 is noticed about the figure approaching the children before it gets to them?

2. What does Sunny do when Count Olaf picks her up?

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

4. What fruit has been put with their breakfast that Count Olaf has served?

5. What does Count Olaf say he can barely stand to do?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Violet suggest they do in Chapter 5 while they are chopping wood? What is Klaus' reaction?

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

4. What is Violet's first thought when she sees the figure walking towards them in Chapter 1?

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

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

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

8. What is the children's response to Count Olaf when they first meet?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

The children are trying to think up ways out of the tower and come up with several odd possibilities but nothing that will work.

1) What does it say about the children and their knowledge that they are able to come up with Molotov cocktails and polygamy?

2) What would you have done if you were in their position?

Essay Topic 3

List several of Count Olaf's acting troupe followers that the children mention throughout their stay. What is the purpose of these characters remaining nameless? If you had to name the characters what would they be named?

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