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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. How did the Baudelaire orphans' parents die?
(a) In a car wreck.
(b) In an airplane crash.
(c) In a train crash.
(d) In a fire.

5. Which of the Baudelaire orphans wear glasses?
(a) Violet.
(b) Tammy.
(c) Sunny.
(d) Klaus.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the narrator, what does Mr. Poe always have?

2. During their first few days with the Squalors, whom do the Baudelaires scarcely see?

3. What does Esme Squalor do for a living?

4. As Sunny is getting undressed, what is the one word she says that casts a long shadow over the Baudelaires?

5. Jerome finds Klaus a bedroom he thinks will fit his interests, but what's wrong with it?

(see the answer key)

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