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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. According to the narrator, which of the two elements he mentions is a gas?
(a) Hydrogen.
(b) Oxygen.
(c) Water.
(d) Helium.

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

4. What do the Baudelaire children believe Gunther will try to do?
(a) Get his hands on their fortune.
(b) Hurt them.
(c) Harm the Squalors.
(d) Kidnap them.

5. According to the narrator, what does a nefarious disguise mean?
(a) A phrase that means ugly.
(b) A phrase that means the disguise is stylish and in.
(c) A phrase that means she does not fool them one bit, no matter what she is wearing.
(d) A phrase that means he does not fool them one bit, no matter what he is wearing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is disconcerting about Esme's behavior after they exit the penthouse apartment?

2. According to Violet, what is the devil's tongue?

3. Why doesn't Jerome want to force Gunther to remove his boots?

4. According to Klaus, what does ersatz mean?

5. According to the narrator, which element would not be found in a chemistry class?

(see the answer key)

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