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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Violet tell her siblings to meet her once they reach the top of the ersatz rope?
(a) Her bedroom.
(b) The library.
(c) The kitchen.
(d) The elevator shaft.

2. According to Klaus, what does ersatz mean?
(a) A synonym for elegant.
(b) One thing pretending to be another.
(c) A fancy word for elevator.
(d) A elevator shaft in Spanish.

3. What does Esme make the Baudelaires carry up to their penthouse apartment?
(a) Yellow paperclips.
(b) Pizzas.
(c) Parsley soda.
(d) Clothes.

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

5. Which direction does Klaus suggest the Baudelaires climb to get out of the elevator shaft?
(a) Down.
(b) Backward.
(c) Midway.
(d) Up.

6. What is Klaus's idiosyncrasy?
(a) Not paying attention to his surroundings when thinking.
(b) Playing with Sunny when thinking very hard.
(c) Paying close attention to his surroundings when thinking.
(d) Tying his hair up in ribbons when thinking hard.

7. According to the narrator, what do the Baudelaires feel as they climb the ersatz rope back to the penthouse?
(a) As if their whole life has been spent in the pit.
(b) As if their whole life has been spent happily but flawed.
(c) As if their whole life has been spent with Olaf.
(d) As if their whole life has been spent in misery.

8. 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) Another cage.
(d) A red herring.

9. While comforting Violet in the hidden room at the end of the ersatz elevator, what does Klaus say the time is ripe for?
(a) To tell the Squalors.
(b) His researching skills.
(c) To call Mr. Poe.
(d) To call the cops.

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

11. Where does Violet decide to hide the ersatz rope?
(a) Under her pillow.
(b) In Klaus's books.
(c) Under Sunny's bed.
(d) Under her bed.

12. Who bids a thousand dollars for Lot #50 at the In Auction?
(a) Jerome.
(b) Sunny.
(c) Mr. Poe.
(d) The doorman.

13. What does Isadora Quagmire have in her notebook?
(a) A poem for Violet.
(b) Notes on plants.
(c) Poems about Olaf's plans.
(d) Drawings of Count Olaf.

14. How does Esme know Gunther/Count Olaf?
(a) He was her acting teacher.
(b) He was her neighbor.
(c) They went to school together.
(d) Olaf is Jerome's cousin.

15. Once the Baudelaires are successful with opening the trapdoor, where does the corridor end up?
(a) Veblen Hall.
(b) The Fish District.
(c) The spot where their house burned.
(d) The Stationary District.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is strange about the winner of the large red herring statue?

2. What does Duncan Quagmire have in his notebook?

3. According to the narrator, what are idiosyncrasies?

4. At the In Auction, who does Klaus try to convince that Gunther is Count Olaf in disguise?

5. Who is a friend of the Baudelaires standing with Jerome at the In Auction?

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