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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What three things do Klaus and Sunny discover that Violet believes will help free the Quagmires?
(a) Saws.
(b) Sticks.
(c) Fire tongs.
(d) Baseball bat.

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

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

7. While waiting for the Squalors to return from getting soda, what does Klaus do when someone talks to him?
(a) Yells.
(b) Stares blankly.
(c) Ignores them.
(d) Mumbles.

8. After pushing the Up button on the elevator, what does Esme do?
(a) She steps into the elevator.
(b) She laughs.
(c) She grabs an ersatz rope and climbs down.
(d) She pushes the Baudelaires into the elevator shaft.

9. 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 won't help them stop Gunther.
(d) They know he is sick.

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

11. 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 call Mr. Poe.
(b) To tell the Squalors.
(c) To call the cops.
(d) His researching skills.

12. What does the man in the sunglasses tell the Baudelaire children at the In Auction?
(a) He likes their outfits.
(b) They have to leave because they don't belong there.
(c) Orphans aren't "in."
(d) They need to take a bath.

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

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

15. What do the children hear over their heads as they stumble around the passageway in the dark?
(a) Music.
(b) Esme's laughter.
(c) The Quagmires' cries.
(d) Noises.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Duncan try to tell Violet in his notebook?

2. According to the narrator, what do the Baudelaires feel as they climb the ersatz rope back to the penthouse?

3. Who do the Baudelaires tell about the V.F.D. after their discovery in the In Auction catalog?

4. According to the narrator, what are idiosyncrasies?

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

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