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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who had been the Baudelaire orphans' first guardian?
(a) Count Olaf.
(b) Mr. Poe.
(c) Count Baudelaire.
(d) Mr. Smith.

2. What does the narrator suggest the reader do to understand how the Baudelaire orphans feel climbing the staircase without light?
(a) Close their eyes as they read the chapter.
(b) Rip the pages out.
(c) Turn out the lights and read.
(d) Flip the book over.

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

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

5. What happened to the Quagmire children?
(a) They ran away.
(b) They found guardians.
(c) They died in a fire.
(d) Count Olaf kidnapped them.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the Baudelaire orphans wear glasses?

2. Why does the narrator state the dictionary is more pleasant than reading this book?

3. Toward the end of chapter two, what does Esme find out from a phone call is suddenly "in."

4. According to Violet, which of their former guardians would have enjoyed eating salad?

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

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