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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many floors down is it from the Squalor's penthouse apartment to the bottom floor?
(a) 84.
(b) 48.
(c) 66.
(d) 100.

2. When the Baudelaires reach the bottom of the staircase after listening at every apartment door, who do they see?
(a) Jerome.
(b) The doorman.
(c) Gunther.
(d) Esme.

3. Throughout Chapter 6, who do the children spend the morning searching the penthouse for?
(a) The Quagmires.
(b) Mr. Poe.
(c) Jerome.
(d) Gunther.

4. What is Mr. Poe's job description?
(a) A policeman.
(b) A banker.
(c) A teacher.
(d) A social worker.

5. What is at the curve of the staircase on each floor?
(a) A candle.
(b) A gate.
(c) A door and a pair of sliding elevator doors.
(d) A gift.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the narrator, what is the definition of "anxious"?

2. How could the Baudelaire children tell the clothes would dwarf them by comparison?

3. Who does Violet tell the Squalors is Gunther's true identity?

4. What is missing on the orphans' new street?

5. According to Esme, what is illegal to auction off?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is revealed about Esme's character when she says, "Quickly, before anybody sees that this apartment is still dark!"

2. What role does the scene at Café Salmonella play in the overall plot of the story?

3. Why does Esme act strangely when Klaus asks her if Gunther took the elevator down from the penthouse?

4. Why does the narrator compare the Baudelaire children's experience at the Squalor's house as a mixed bag?

5. What does the pinstripe suits being too big illustrate about Esme Squalor?

6. What does the Squalor's apartment say about their lives and their character?

7. What is the significance of the doorman telling the Baudelaire children and Jerome they can't go up to the penthouse until Gunther comes down?

8. What is significant about the doorman's comments that all problems have a solution, and the solution is sometimes under the nose?

9. Why is it important to know that Jerome Squalor could have adopted the Baudelaire children earlier but did not because orphans were not "in"?

10. Why do the Baudelaire children lie about whether they are interested in or enjoy their presents from Esme?

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