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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 the hook-handed man tell Violet to do when he hoists her up into the room?

2. What do Violet and Klaus tell Justice Strauss to do during the play to make it more fun?

3. Who stands beside Klaus for the duration of the play?

4. Who comes by and tells the children they look wonderful after they are in their outfits?

5. What does Klaus think of while Violet is signing the document?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Klaus do as the hook-handed man leaves the library to fetch Violet and Sunny in Chapter 7?

5. What is Count Olaf's response in Chapter 8 when Klaus calls him a terrible man?

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

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

8. Describe the scene seen by the children at the beginning of Chapter 12 while they are standing back stage of the play.

9. Describe the scene in Chapter 8 where Klaus goes to wake up Violet and explain Olaf's plan.

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the relationships between Sunny and Klaus. Violet and Sunny, Klaus and Violet.

In what ways are they typical siblings? In what ways are they atypical?

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

Mr. Poe says he cannot leave the Baudelaire children with Justice Strauss because she is not a relative.

1) Is Mr. Poe right to refuse the children's home with Justice Strauss? Explain.

2) Is a person's will so sacred that it should be followed at the expense of those living? Explain.

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