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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 does Count Olaf have on his ankle?
(a) A tattoo of an eye.
(b) A bandage.
(c) A cast.
(d) A blue striped sock.

2. How could the Baudelaire children tell the clothes would dwarf them by comparison?
(a) The sizes are labeled too large.
(b) The clothes are used.
(c) The Squalors say so.
(d) They try them on.

3. Who is the oldest of the Baudelaire orphans?
(a) Klaus.
(b) Sunny.
(c) Tammy.
(d) Violet.

4. According to the narrator, which of the two elements he mentions is a gas?
(a) Oxygen.
(b) Helium.
(c) Water.
(d) Hydrogen.

5. Why doesn't Jerome want to force Gunther to remove his boots?
(a) He doesn't want to be rude.
(b) He is hungry and wants to go eat.
(c) He forgets.
(d) He doesn't want to smell his feet.

Short Answer Questions

1. On the way home from Café Salmonella, what does the taxicab pass that makes the children remember their parents?

2. How many rooms does the Squalor's home have?

3. With whom does Esme have to meet early in the morning when she sends Jerome to get parsley soda?

4. During their first few days with the Squalors, whom do the Baudelaires scarcely see?

5. During the first few days in the penthouse, what happens once the Baudelaire children return to the penthouse?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. What is the importance of the Baudelaire orphans' friends being named Quagmire?

3. What does the narrator mean when he states "...like caramel candy, strawberry yogurt, and liquid carpet cleaner, if you eat too much of it you are not going to enjoy your meal"?

4. What is revealed about Esme when she comments that orphans are so "in" they ought to be in the In Auction?

5. Why doesn't Jerome continue to stand up for the children against Esme when he obviously notices they are alarmed at Gunther's appearance?

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

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

8. Why does the narrator state the element of surprise won't be on the table of elements in a chemistry?

9. Why are the references to the King of Arizona important to the story?

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

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