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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which character is dressed in black riding boots, a pinstriped suit, and a monocle?
(a) Jerome.
(b) Esme.
(c) The doorman.
(d) Count Olaf.

3. How could the Baudelaire children tell the clothes would dwarf them by comparison?
(a) The sizes are labeled too large.
(b) They try them on.
(c) The Squalors say so.
(d) The clothes are used.

4. What is Mr. Poe's job description?
(a) A policeman.
(b) A social worker.
(c) A banker.
(d) A teacher.

5. What does Esme suggest to Gunther should be auctioned off at the In Auction?
(a) Orphans.
(b) Wood.
(c) Darkness.
(d) Pinstripe suits.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Sunny's bedroom filled with?

3. What type of ice cream does the narrator at the beginning of Chapter 1 state you may be nervous about eating?

4. What does Esme Squalor do for a living?

5. What does Violet hope the new guardians will have for her when she gets to the apartment?

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