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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. What are the buildings made of where Café Salmonella is located?
(a) Silvery scales.
(b) Wood.
(c) Bricks.
(d) Cement.

2. According to the narrator, above all the other issues the Baudelaires have to deal with, what do they worry about the most?
(a) The whereabouts of the Quagmires.
(b) The sizes of their rooms.
(c) The whereabouts of Mr. Poe.
(d) The whereabouts of Count Olaf.

3. On the way home from Café Salmonella, what does the taxicab pass that makes the children remember their parents?
(a) The beach.
(b) The circus.
(c) The mall.
(d) The Fish District.

4. During dinner at Café Salmonella, what makes the Baudelaire children lose their appetites?
(a) Too much pink flavorful fish.
(b) The thought of Gunther alone with their guardian.
(c) The smell of fish.
(d) The dessert.

5. When Sunny is covered in the pinstripe clothes, what does Violet compare her to?
(a) A pillow.
(b) A cat.
(c) A dog.
(d) A lump in the carpet.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the Baudelaire children believe Gunther will try to do?

2. As Sunny is getting undressed, what is the one word she says that casts a long shadow over the Baudelaires?

3. What is the name of the street where the orphans will be staying?

4. When the children first meet Mr. Squalor, what does he offer to get them?

5. According to the narrator, when is the best time for thinking?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is ironic about Mr. Poe telling the children about the staircase, "it's all uphill from here"?

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

3. How does the author reinforce the absurdity of the "what's in and what's out"?

4. How does the atmosphere on Dark Avenue mirror the orphans' feelings in Chapter 1?

5. Why does Violet stop arguing with Esme about Gunther's true identity?

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

7. What is the importance of the doorman's strange clothing?

8. Why does Esme reject her husband's idea to give the In Auction money to a good cause?

9. What is the significance of the trees that once made Dark Avenue "dark" being cut down once "light" is in?

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

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