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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the doorman's real job?
(a) A salesman.
(b) A mayor.
(c) A basketball hero.
(d) An actor.

2. When the Baudelaires reach the bottom of the staircase after listening at every apartment door, who do they see?
(a) The doorman.
(b) Esme.
(c) Gunther.
(d) Jerome.

3. Why does Esme believe that Gunther is who he claims to be?
(a) Because she checks his references.
(b) Because Jerome supports it too.
(c) Because he shows her identification.
(d) Because he tells her so.

4. What does Esme Squalor do for a living?
(a) She is the most important school teacher.
(b) She is the number one most important financial advisor.
(c) She is the sixth most important financial advisor.
(d) She is the tenth most important financial advisor.

5. What does Esme believe about Count Olaf's intelligence?
(a) He's "in."
(b) He's an idiot.
(c) He's a genius.
(d) He's dimwitted.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to the narrator, when is the best time for thinking?

3. How many rooms does the Squalor's home have?

4. According to the narrator, above all the other issues the Baudelaires have to deal with, what do they worry about the most?

5. At the beginning of Chapter 1, what two words does the narrator say the book will show the difference between?

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