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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who do the Baudelaires tell about the V.F.D. after their discovery in the In Auction catalog?
(a) Esme.
(b) Jerome.
(c) The doorman.
(d) Mr. Poe.

2. What does Klaus realize about the elevators in the apartment building and the penthouse?
(a) Two pair of elevator doors are outside the penthouse.
(b) The elevators are being secretly used.
(c) Blue elevators are on floors 1, 5, and 18.
(d) Elevators are on every floor.

3. What does Violet ask the man who is standing outside the trapdoor?
(a) If she could borrow his cell phone.
(b) For his name.
(c) For directions to Veblen Hall.
(d) For him to move out of the sunlight.

4. What is everyone at the In Auction wearing?
(a) Salmon costumes.
(b) Pinstripes.
(c) Regular clothes.
(d) Robes.

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

6. How does Violet propose to free the Quagmires from their cage?
(a) Telling Jerome.
(b) Calling the police.
(c) Contacting Mr. Poe.
(d) Welding.

7. What does Esme believe about Count Olaf's intelligence?
(a) He's an idiot.
(b) He's dimwitted.
(c) He's "in."
(d) He's a genius.

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

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

10. Who is a friend of the Baudelaires standing with Jerome at the In Auction?
(a) The Quagmires.
(b) Esme.
(c) The doorman.
(d) Mr. Poe.

11. Why can't the Baudelaires climb out of the elevator shaft initially?
(a) Esme tells them not to do it.
(b) The walls are too smooth.
(c) The walls are greased with oil.
(d) They are far away from the walls.

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

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

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

15. What do the Baudelaires discover at the end of their chain of ties, curtain pulls, and extension cords?
(a) A cage of snakes.
(b) Gunther.
(c) The Quagmires.
(d) Esme's pet.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Violet's idiosyncrasy?

2. What three things do Klaus and Sunny discover that Violet believes will help free the Quagmires?

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

4. What does Isadora Quagmire have in her notebook?

5. What kind of soda is suddenly "in"?

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