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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Mrs. Squalor want to adopt the children?
(a) Because she feels bad for them.
(b) Because orphans are in.
(c) Because she loves kids.
(d) Because her husband suggested it.

2. Who shows up at the onset of Chapter 4 dressed in a disguise?
(a) Mr. Poe.
(b) Jerome Squalor
(c) The Quagmires.
(d) Count Olaf.

3. According to the narrator, when is the best time for thinking?
(a) In the afternoon.
(b) In the evening.
(c) After a nap.
(d) In the morning.

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

5. What is the name of the street where the orphans will be staying?
(a) Main Street.
(b) Dark Avenue.
(c) Spencer Avenue.
(d) Levin Parkway.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the narrator, which of the two elements he mentions is a gas?

2. Where does Klaus want to go once they climb back up the ersatz rope to the penthouse?

3. What condition do the Baudelaires find the Quagmires?

4. According to Mr. Squalor, what is one thing the children can do to save breath?

5. How many windows are in the Squalor penthouse, according to the narrator?

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