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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. 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 misery.
(b) As if their whole life has been spent happily but flawed.
(c) As if their whole life has been spent in the pit.
(d) As if their whole life has been spent with Olaf.

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

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

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

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

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

9. What does Duncan Quagmire have in his notebook?
(a) Information about Olaf's plans.
(b) A poem for Violet.
(c) Notes on plants.
(d) Drawings of Count Olaf.

10. What does Sunny suggest they do to escape from the elevator shaft?
(a) That they call for help.
(b) That they use the net to escape.
(c) That they drop down to the bottom.
(d) That she use her teeth to climb up.

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

12. What does Violet tell her siblings she wants them to search the penthouse for?
(a) Food.
(b) Long, slender iron objects.
(c) Saw.
(d) Blankets.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is seated by Gunther at the small stage at the In Auction?

2. What does Violet say when she reaches the bottom of the ersatz rope a second time?

3. What does Esme believe about Count Olaf's intelligence?

4. What is disconcerting about Esme's behavior after they exit the penthouse apartment?

5. What condition do the Baudelaires find the Quagmires?

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