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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What condition do the Baudelaires find the Quagmires?
(a) Filthy and haunted.
(b) Nervous.
(c) Healthy.
(d) Happy.

2. What kind of soda is suddenly "in"?
(a) Strawberry.
(b) Cola.
(c) Vanilla.
(d) Parsley.

3. At the In Auction, who does Klaus try to convince that Gunther is Count Olaf in disguise?
(a) Jerome Squalor.
(b) Mr. Poe.
(c) The doorman.
(d) The crowd of buyers.

4. What is the doorman's real job?
(a) A mayor.
(b) A salesman.
(c) A basketball hero.
(d) An actor.

5. What do the Baudelaires find at the end of the hallway once they'd gone down the elevator shaft?
(a) Count Olaf.
(b) A cul-de-sac.
(c) A red herring.
(d) Another cage.

6. What is Violet's idiosyncrasy?
(a) Tying up her hair with a ribbon when she is inventing something.
(b) Tying up her hair and screaming at people.
(c) Tying up her hair and praying.
(d) Tying up her hair and crossing her eyes.

7. What is strange about the winner of the large red herring statue?
(a) It's Mr. Poe.
(b) It's Gunther.
(c) It's the doorman.
(d) It's a small child.

8. Why do the Baudelaire children not feel better when they find Jerome at the In Auction?
(a) They know he only cares about salmon puffs.
(b) They know he has aligned himself with Esme.
(c) They know he is sick.
(d) They know he won't help them stop Gunther.

9. What rains down on the children from the ceiling?
(a) Spiders.
(b) Glitter.
(c) Black ash.
(d) Cockroaches.

10. What do the Quagmires believe the Baudelaires to be at first?
(a) Hallucination and a phantasm.
(b) A nightmare.
(c) A funny vision.
(d) Three ghosts.

11. What does Gunther leave that contains information the Baudelaires can use to stop him?
(a) The In Auction catalog.
(b) His black riding boots.
(c) His hat.
(d) His monocle.

12. Who is seated by Gunther at the small stage at the In Auction?
(a) Jerome.
(b) The doorman.
(c) Mr. Poe.
(d) Esme.

13. When the Baudelaires reach the end of the corridor, what sounds do they hear?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Fish music.
(c) A trolley.
(d) Clopping horses.

14. What does Klaus mean he says "The time isn't ripe for your invention"?
(a) The invention is handy at this time.
(b) The invention isn't handy at this time.
(c) The invention isn't ready at this time.
(d) The invention isn't fruitful for fruit.

15. Who caters the In Auction's food?
(a) The Fish District.
(b) The Stationary District.
(c) Mr. Poe.
(d) Café Salmonella.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Isadora Quagmire have in her notebook?

2. After Esme pushes the Up button for the ersatz elevator, what do the Baudelaires discover in the middle of the elevator shaft?

3. Who does the mailman believe the Baudelaires to be when he sees them come out of the trapdoor?

4. After pushing the Up button on the elevator, what does Esme do?

5. Which direction does Klaus suggest the Baudelaires climb to get out of the elevator shaft?

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