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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the narrator, which of the two elements he mentions is a gas?
(a) Water.
(b) Oxygen.
(c) Hydrogen.
(d) Helium.

2. What can the orphans hear from behind the doors on each floor?
(a) The noises of people who lived in the building.
(b) Whispering.
(c) Crying.
(d) Arguing.

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

4. What is Sunny's bedroom filled with?
(a) Tools.
(b) Toys suitable for babies with softer teeth.
(c) Toys for teenagers.
(d) Books.

5. Which of the Baudelaire orphans wear glasses?
(a) Tammy.
(b) Klaus.
(c) Violet.
(d) Sunny.

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

7. When the Baudelaires reach the bottom of the staircase after listening at every apartment door, who do they see?
(a) The doorman.
(b) Gunther.
(c) Jerome.
(d) Esme.

8. When the Baudelaire children reach the Squalor penthouse apartment, who answers the door?
(a) Mr. Squalor.
(b) Mrs. Squalor.
(c) Count Olaf.
(d) Mr. Poe.

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

10. How did the Baudelaire orphans' parents die?
(a) In a train crash.
(b) In a fire.
(c) In an airplane crash.
(d) In a car wreck.

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

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

13. According to the narrator, which element would not be found in a chemistry class?
(a) Silver.
(b) Money.
(c) The element of surprise.
(d) Gold.

14. As Sunny is getting undressed, what is the one word she says that casts a long shadow over the Baudelaires?
(a) Dog.
(b) Stop.
(c) Olaf.
(d) Leave me alone.

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Mrs. Squalor want to adopt the children?

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

3. When the Baudelaire children reach the Squalor penthouse apartment, what does the person who answers the door wear?

4. Who slides down the banister first and laughs?

5. According to the narrator, what would you probably see at the front of a chemistry class?

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