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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 do the Baudelaires discover at the end of their chain of ties, curtain pulls, and extension cords?
(a) The Quagmires.
(b) Gunther.
(c) Esme's pet.
(d) A cage of snakes.

2. What does Violet ask the man who is standing outside the trapdoor?
(a) For directions to Veblen Hall.
(b) For him to move out of the sunlight.
(c) If she could borrow his cell phone.
(d) For his name.

3. Who is seated by Gunther at the small stage at the In Auction?
(a) The doorman.
(b) Jerome.
(c) Mr. Poe.
(d) Esme.

4. What does Esme yell down to the children after they decide they are okay?
(a) That she would miss them.
(b) That she's glad to be done with them.
(c) That they're not okay.
(d) That orphans are no longer "in."

5. With what does Klaus poke the walls of the passageway?
(a) A book.
(b) Fire tongs.
(c) A stick.
(d) His finger.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Duncan Quagmire have in his notebook?

2. Who bids a thousand dollars for Lot #50 at the In Auction?

3. Who is a friend of the Baudelaires standing with Jerome at the In Auction?

4. What do the children hear over their heads as they stumble around the passageway in the dark?

5. What is Klaus's idiosyncrasy?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is moving down the ersatz rope more difficult the second time for the Baudelaires?

2. What is symbolic about Klaus's declaration that they had reached a "dead end" at the end of the passageway?

3. What is odd about the doorman making bids at the In Auction?

4. Why is the definition of "idiosyncrasy" necessary for the reader to understand before reading the rest of Chapter 7?

5. What happens to Sunny's character during Chapter 10?

6. What is Count Olaf's plan to move Quagmires out of the city and to get his hands on their sapphires?

7. In what condition are the Quagmires discovered? What is the most important aspect of their condition?

8. What is the importance of the doorman winning the big, red scarlet fish statue?

9. In what ways are the Baudelaire children's skills handy and useful in Chapter 7?

10. What is the meaning of the red herring statue which is in Lot #48?

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