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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What can the orphans hear from behind the doors on each floor?
(a) Arguing.
(b) The noises of people who lived in the building.
(c) Crying.
(d) Whispering.

2. Which of the Baudelaire orphans wear glasses?
(a) Klaus.
(b) Violet.
(c) Sunny.
(d) Tammy.

3. At the beginning of Chapter 1, what two words does the narrator say the book will show the difference between?
(a) Bad and good.
(b) Happy and sad.
(c) Nervous and anxious.
(d) Brave and scared.

4. Why does Jerome not continue to support the children's claim about Gunther's identity?
(a) Jerome backs down because he agrees.
(b) Jerome backs down because he's afraid of her.
(c) Jerome backs down because Esme threatens to put him out.
(d) Jerome backs down because he likes Gunther.

5. What is the In Auction?
(a) An event where the innest things are given to charity.
(b) An event you walk in to.
(c) An annual event hosted by Esme Squalor on the innest items.
(d) An event where the in people talk to each other.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 1, what does the narrator suggest the reader do instead of reading this book?

2. According to Mr. Squalor, what is his wife most attentive to?

3. What does Klaus hope his new guardians will have for him when he gets to the apartment?

4. What happened to the Quagmire children?

5. According to the narrator, what is an alternative meaning of 'mixed bag"?

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