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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. While climbing the staircase, how often do Klaus and Violet take turns carrying Sunny?
(a) Every other floor.
(b) Every three floors.
(c) Every ten floors.
(d) Every five floors.

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

3. According to Mr. Squalor, what is his wife most attentive to?
(a) What's going on down the street.
(b) What's in and what's out.
(c) What's out.
(d) What's happening in the building.

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

5. What does Klaus hope his new guardians will have for him when he gets to the apartment?
(a) A separate bedroom.
(b) Interesting books.
(c) Food.
(d) Flowers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Esme Squalor do for a living?

2. What does Count Olaf have on his ankle?

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

4. How did the Baudelaire orphans' parents die?

5. In Chapter 1, what does the narrator suggest the reader do instead of reading this book?

(see the answer key)

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