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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the Baudelaire children reach the Squalor penthouse apartment, what does the person who answers the door wear?
(a) A pinstripe suit.
(b) Jogging pants.
(c) A robe.
(d) A dress.

2. During their dinner at Café Salmonella, what does Jerome tell the children he can't stand?
(a) Xenophobes.
(b) Arguing.
(c) Lying.
(d) Pictures.

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

4. Why doesn't Jerome want to force Gunther to remove his boots?
(a) He is hungry and wants to go eat.
(b) He forgets.
(c) He doesn't want to smell his feet.
(d) He doesn't want to be rude.

5. What is one of the things the Baudelaire children are afraid has happened since Gunther arrived?
(a) Something dreadful has happened to Mr. Poe.
(b) Something dreadful has happened to Esme.
(c) Something dreadful has happened to the doorman.
(d) Something dreadful has happened to the Quagmires.

6. Who does Violet tell the Squalors is Gunther's true identity?
(a) The doorman.
(b) Mr. Poe.
(c) Their long lost relative.
(d) Count Olaf.

7. What does Violet do the morning after Gunther arrives to help her think?
(a) She ties up her hair and eats cookies.
(b) She goes back to sleep.
(c) She sits at her workbench and ties her hair up.
(d) She plays with Sunny.

8. What is an aqueous martini?
(a) Cold water served in a fancy glass with an olive.
(b) Cold water served with a slice of lemon.
(c) Cold water served with pickles.
(d) Cold water served in a mug.

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

10. When Jerome and the children arrive back home from their dinner at Café Salmonella, what does the doorman tell them is now "in"?
(a) Salmon.
(b) Elevators.
(c) Ocean decorating.
(d) Painting.

11. How many rooms does the Squalor's home have?
(a) 88.
(b) 100.
(c) 71.
(d) 10.

12. Who are the orphans' new guardians?
(a) Mr. and Mrs. Green.
(b) Mr. and Mrs. Dark.
(c) Mr. and Mrs. Smith.
(d) Mr. and Mrs. Squalor.

13. While climbing the staircase, how often do Klaus and Violet take turns carrying Sunny?
(a) Every ten floors.
(b) Every other floor.
(c) Every five floors.
(d) Every three floors.

14. Throughout Chapter 6, who do the children spend the morning searching the penthouse for?
(a) Mr. Poe.
(b) The Quagmires.
(c) Jerome.
(d) Gunther.

15. According to Mr. Squalor, what is his wife most attentive to?
(a) What's out.
(b) What's in and what's out.
(c) What's going on down the street.
(d) What's happening in the building.

Short Answer Questions

1. After arriving home from Café Salmonella, what kinds of noises do the children hear as they climb the stairs to the penthouse?

2. What does Esme Squalor do for a living?

3. During the first few days in the penthouse, what happens once the Baudelaire children return to the penthouse?

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

5. During their first few days with the Squalors, whom do the Baudelaires scarcely see?

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