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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Violet hope the new guardians will have for her when she gets to the apartment?
(a) A separate bedroom.
(b) Flowers.
(c) Tools.
(d) Food.

2. When the children first meet Mr. Squalor, what does he offer to get them?
(a) An orange.
(b) A bed.
(c) A slice of cake.
(d) A martini.

3. Jerome finds Klaus a bedroom he thinks will fit his interests, but what's wrong with it?
(a) The library is empty.
(b) The library isn't close to his bedroom.
(c) The library is filled with books about fashionable things.
(d) The library is filled magazines about plants.

4. According to the narrator, when is the best time for thinking?
(a) In the evening.
(b) In the morning.
(c) After a nap.
(d) In the afternoon.

5. What two names does Sunny yell out to help her siblings navigate the Squalor's penthouse apartment?
(a) James Bond.
(b) Rand McNally.
(c) Jack and Jill.
(d) Hansel and Gretel.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Esme Squalor do for a living?

2. When the Baudelaire children reach the Squalor penthouse apartment, what does the person who answers the door wear?

3. According to Jerome, what is a xenophobe?

4. According to the narrator, what does the phrase "dwarfed by comparison" not have to deal with?

5. How could the Baudelaire children tell the clothes would dwarf them by comparison?

(see the answer key)

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