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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does Violet hope the new guardians will have for her when she gets to the apartment?
(a) Food.
(b) Tools.
(c) A separate bedroom.
(d) Flowers.

4. What is the doorman gluing to the elevator door?
(a) A wooden starfish.
(b) An anchor.
(c) A lock.
(d) A piece of salmon.

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

6. What does Count Olaf have on his ankle?
(a) A blue striped sock.
(b) A bandage.
(c) A tattoo of an eye.
(d) A cast.

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

8. How many windows are in the Squalor penthouse, according to the narrator?
(a) 849.
(b) 83.
(c) 498.
(d) 949.

9. At the beginning of Chapter 1, what two words does the narrator say the book will show the difference between?
(a) Brave and scared.
(b) Happy and sad.
(c) Nervous and anxious.
(d) Bad and good.

10. Who is the oldest of the Baudelaire orphans?
(a) Violet.
(b) Sunny.
(c) Tammy.
(d) Klaus.

11. Why does Esme believe that Gunther is who he claims to be?
(a) Because he shows her identification.
(b) Because he tells her so.
(c) Because she checks his references.
(d) Because Jerome supports it too.

12. What is Violet's favorite place to visit in the city?
(a) The war memorial.
(b) Verne Invention Museum.
(c) The museum of art.
(d) The local library.

13. According to Esme, which district is not a place for young people?
(a) The Fish district.
(b) The Dark district.
(c) The Beach district.
(d) The Beverage district.

14. What character has been put in charge of the Baudelaire orphans?
(a) The State.
(b) The Narrator.
(c) Count Olaf.
(d) Mr. Poe.

15. With whom does Esme have to meet early in the morning when she sends Jerome to get parsley soda?
(a) The King of Arizona.
(b) Mr. Poe.
(c) The Quagmires.
(d) The president.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the narrator, which element would not be found in a chemistry class?

2. Each morning, who takes the children to places in town?

3. How could the Baudelaire children tell the clothes would dwarf them by comparison?

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

5. What is the name of the street where the orphans will be staying?

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