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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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.

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

4. What can the orphans hear from behind the doors on each floor?
(a) Crying.
(b) The noises of people who lived in the building.
(c) Whispering.
(d) Arguing.

5. During their first few days with the Squalors, whom do the Baudelaires scarcely see?
(a) Jerome Squalor.
(b) Esme Squalor.
(c) Sunny.
(d) Mr. Poe.

Short Answer Questions

1. During the first few days in the penthouse, what happens once the Baudelaire children return to the penthouse?

2. How old is the oldest Baudelaire orphan?

3. What is an aqueous martini?

4. Who had been the Baudelaire orphans' first guardian?

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

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