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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the beginning of Chapter 1, what two words does the narrator say the book will show the difference between?
(a) Nervous and anxious.
(b) Bad and good.
(c) Brave and scared.
(d) Happy and sad.

2. Jerome finds Klaus a bedroom he thinks will fit his interests, but what's wrong with it?
(a) The library is filled with books about fashionable things.
(b) The library is empty.
(c) The library isn't close to his bedroom.
(d) The library is filled magazines about plants.

3. According to the narrator, what does the phrase "dwarfed by comparison" not have to deal with?
(a) The phrase doesn't have anything to do with dogs.
(b) The phrase doesn't have anything to do with dwarves.
(c) The phrase doesn't have anything to do with comparisons.
(d) The phrase doesn't have anything to do with children.

4. Each morning, who takes the children to places in town?
(a) Esme.
(b) Mr. Poe.
(c) Jerome.
(d) Violet.

5. What is Violet's favorite place to visit in the city?
(a) The local library.
(b) The war memorial.
(c) The museum of art.
(d) Verne Invention Museum.

Short Answer Questions

1. What can the orphans hear from behind the doors on each floor?

2. While climbing the staircase, how often do Klaus and Violet take turns carrying Sunny?

3. How could the Baudelaire children tell the clothes would dwarf them by comparison?

4. When the Baudelaire children reach the Squalor penthouse apartment, who answers the door?

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

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