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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the one thing Violet cannot find in her bedroom at the Squalor's penthouse apartment?
(a) Tools.
(b) Clothes.
(c) T.V.
(d) Video games.

2. 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) Vanilla ice cream.
(c) Prune ice cream.
(d) Chocolate ice cream.

3. According to Mr. Squalor, who did he hike up Mount Fraught with?
(a) Count Olaf.
(b) Mr. Poe
(c) His wife.
(d) Violet's mom.

4. According to the narrator, what is the definition of "anxious"?
(a) Upset stomach.
(b) Nightmares.
(c) Feeling nervous.
(d) Troubled by disturbing suspense.

5. According to the narrator, what does Mr. Poe always have?
(a) A lie.
(b) Sunglasses.
(c) A cough.
(d) A cigarette.

Short Answer Questions

1. What character has been put in charge of the Baudelaire orphans?

2. What does the narrator suggest the reader do to understand how the Baudelaire orphans feel climbing the staircase without light?

3. According to the narrator, what is one good part of the Baudelaires' living with the Squalors?

4. According to the narrator, what does the phrase "dwarfed by comparison" not have to deal with?

5. What is an aqueous martini?

(see the answer key)

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