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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 Count Olaf do to Violet while talking to her?

2. Where does Count Olaf say that Sunny will remain until after the play?

3. What does Violet take to the tower stairs?

4. What does Count Olaf 'innocently' suggest that Violet and Klaus do if they want to see something unusual?

5. What does Klaus say the name of the play should be changed to?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe what Count Olaf says and Violet thinks when he is asking her if it would be so bad being married to him in Chapter 8?

2. What is it that Violet's parents told her when they brought both Klaus, and later, Sunny, home from the hospital?

3. What is Justice Strauss' response when Violet and Klaus ask her if she is excited about being in Olaf's play in Chapter 7?

4. How does Klaus describe Olaf's plans as he has discovered them in Chapter 8?

5. What are the costumes that Klaus and Violet are put into for 'The Marvelous Marriage'?

6. What is Count Olaf's response when Klaus reveals he has discovered Olaf's plan?

7. What is Justice Strauss' reaction when she sees the children before they go on in Chapter 12?

8. Describe the grappling hook that Violet creates to attempt a rescue in Chapter 8.

9. Describe the scene where Violet is walking down the stairs to do the play, The Marvelous Marriage, in Chapter 11.

10. How does Klaus' all night reading in Chapter 8 compare to how he used to stay up all night reading when his parents were alive?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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?

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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