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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why does the narrator state the dictionary is more pleasant than reading this book?
(a) You can close the book when you want.
(b) You can skip to more pleasant words.
(c) There is no setting.
(d) There is no plot.

3. What is missing on the orphans' new street?
(a) Street lamps.
(b) Pavement.
(c) Cars.
(d) Street signs.

4. Who are the orphans' new guardians?
(a) Mr. and Mrs. Squalor.
(b) Mr. and Mrs. Green.
(c) Mr. and Mrs. Dark.
(d) Mr. and Mrs. Smith.

5. While climbing the staircase, Violet recalls what event that her parents attended that made them extremely tired?
(a) A wedding.
(b) A birthday party.
(c) A party.
(d) Sixteenth Annual Run-a-Thon.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Esme Squalor do for a living?

2. What is an aqueous martini?

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

4. What character has been put in charge of the Baudelaire orphans?

5. What does the narrator suggest the reader do to understand how the Baudelaire orphans feel climbing the staircase without light?

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