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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator suggest the reader do to understand how the Baudelaire orphans feel climbing the staircase without light?
(a) Rip the pages out.
(b) Close their eyes as they read the chapter.
(c) Turn out the lights and read.
(d) Flip the book over.

2. What does Esme believe about Count Olaf's intelligence?
(a) He's an idiot.
(b) He's "in."
(c) He's a genius.
(d) He's dimwitted.

3. What does the narrator claim is the greatest myth in the world?
(a) Troublesome things grow much more with time.
(b) Troublesome things are fun after awhile.
(c) Troublesome things get less and less the more you do them.
(d) Troublesome things should be disposed of quickly.

4. After arriving home from Café Salmonella, what kinds of noises do the children hear as they climb the stairs to the penthouse?
(a) The sounds of people eating.
(b) The sounds of people going to bed.
(c) The sounds of people wrestling.
(d) The sounds of people singing.

5. Who does the mailman believe the Baudelaires to be when he sees them come out of the trapdoor?
(a) Monsters.
(b) Ghosts.
(c) Adults.
(d) Aliens.

Short Answer Questions

1. While in the tiny room at the end of the ersatz rope, what does Klaus do when he sees Violet become upset?

2. According to the narrator, what do the Baudelaires feel as they climb the ersatz rope back to the penthouse?

3. While waiting for the Squalors to return from getting soda, what does Klaus do when someone talks to him?

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

5. After the first series of curves, what do the children hear above their heads?

(see the answer key)

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