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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Violet's idiosyncrasy?
(a) Tying up her hair and screaming at people.
(b) Tying up her hair and praying.
(c) Tying up her hair and crossing her eyes.
(d) Tying up her hair with a ribbon when she is inventing something.

2. What does Esme yell down to the children after they decide they are okay?
(a) That she's glad to be done with them.
(b) That orphans are no longer "in."
(c) That they're not okay.
(d) That she would miss them.

3. According to the narrator, what are idiosyncrasies?
(a) A fancy word for troublemakers.
(b) A fancy word for dogs.
(c) A fancy word for unique habits.
(d) A fancy word for what is "in."

4. Why can't the Baudelaires climb out of the elevator shaft initially?
(a) The walls are too smooth.
(b) Esme tells them not to do it.
(c) The walls are greased with oil.
(d) They are far away from the walls.

5. What is Klaus's idiosyncrasy?
(a) Playing with Sunny when thinking very hard.
(b) Tying his hair up in ribbons when thinking hard.
(c) Paying close attention to his surroundings when thinking.
(d) Not paying attention to his surroundings when thinking.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Jerome's suggestion for putting the Baudelaires' mind at ease?

2. What does Esme make the Baudelaires carry up to their penthouse apartment?

3. Who do the Baudelaires tell about the V.F.D. after their discovery in the In Auction catalog?

4. What two elements does the narrator use as references at the beginning of Chapter 4?

5. According to the narrator, what does a nefarious disguise mean?

(see the answer key)

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