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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 kind of dessert do the children have at Café Salmonella?
(a) Apple pie with vanilla ice cream.
(b) Salmon pie with a scoop of salmon ice cream.
(c) Chocolate ice cream sundaes.
(d) Cake.

2. Who had been the Baudelaire orphans' first guardian?
(a) Count Olaf.
(b) Mr. Smith.
(c) Count Baudelaire.
(d) Mr. Poe.

3. When the Baudelaire children reach the Squalor penthouse apartment, what does the person who answers the door wear?
(a) Jogging pants.
(b) A dress.
(c) A pinstripe suit.
(d) A robe.

4. At Café Salmonella, what has replaced the flowers in the vases?
(a) Air fresheners.
(b) Salmon.
(c) Incense.
(d) Candles.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the narrator, what does Mr. Poe always have?

2. According to the narrator, which element would not be found in a chemistry class?

3. What is Klaus's favorite place to visit in the city?

4. What two elements does the narrator use as references at the beginning of Chapter 4?

5. What character has been put in charge of the Baudelaire orphans?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why don't Esme and Jerome Squalor believe the children that Gunther is really Count Olaf?

4. What is the significance of the Hansel and Gretel fairy tale to the Baudelaire's search for Gunther in the penthouse?

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

6. What is significant about the Squalor library and its inventory?

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

8. What is the importance of the Baudelaire orphans' new guardians being named Squalor?

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

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

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