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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is at the curve of the staircase on each floor?
(a) A door and a pair of sliding elevator doors.
(b) A candle.
(c) A gift.
(d) A gate.

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

3. According to Mr. Squalor, what is one thing the children can do to save breath?
(a) Sip the air.
(b) Sleep.
(c) Call each other by their first names.
(d) Sit down.

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

5. According to the narrator, what does Mr. Poe always have?
(a) A cigarette.
(b) Sunglasses.
(c) A cough.
(d) A lie.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the Baudelaire orphans wear glasses?

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

3. What can the orphans hear from behind the doors on each floor?

4. When the children first meet Mr. Squalor, what does he offer to get them?

5. While climbing the staircase, how often do Klaus and Violet take turns carrying Sunny?

(see the answer key)

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