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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What type of ice cream does the narrator at the beginning of Chapter 1 state you may be nervous about eating?
(a) Expired ice cream.
(b) Prune ice cream.
(c) Vanilla ice cream.
(d) Chocolate ice cream.

4. What character has been put in charge of the Baudelaire orphans?
(a) Count Olaf.
(b) The State.
(c) The Narrator.
(d) Mr. Poe.

5. Who shows up at the onset of Chapter 4 dressed in a disguise?
(a) Jerome Squalor
(b) Mr. Poe.
(c) The Quagmires.
(d) Count Olaf.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How did the Baudelaire orphans' parents die?

3. According to Mr. Squalor, what is one thing the children can do to save breath?

4. During the first few days in the penthouse, what happens once the Baudelaire children return to the penthouse?

5. According to the narrator, what is the definition of "anxious"?

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