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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. When the Baudelaires reach the end of the corridor, what sounds do they hear?
(a) Fish music.
(b) Clopping horses.
(c) Nothing.
(d) A trolley.

2. At the In Auction, who does Klaus try to convince that Gunther is Count Olaf in disguise?
(a) Jerome Squalor.
(b) The doorman.
(c) The crowd of buyers.
(d) Mr. Poe.

3. How does Esme know Gunther/Count Olaf?
(a) He was her neighbor.
(b) They went to school together.
(c) He was her acting teacher.
(d) Olaf is Jerome's cousin.

4. What does Duncan try to tell Violet in his notebook?
(a) His drawings.
(b) His notes on Olaf.
(c) His poem about her.
(d) About the V.F.D.

5. When the Baudelaires arrive at the In Auction, what lot are the people bidding on?
(a) Lot #46.
(b) Lot #5.
(c) Lot #50.
(d) Lot #49.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the doorman's real job?

2. According to Klaus, what does ersatz mean?

3. Where does Violet decide to hide the ersatz rope?

4. According to the narrator, what is a good thing to do when one is sitting, eating, and resting?

5. What is Violet's idiosyncrasy?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Esme continue to insist that Gunther left the penthouse apartment?

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

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

4. What is revealed about Esme Squalor in Chapter 10?

5. What does Klaus mean when he tells Violet the time wasn't ripe for her invention?

6. What is symbolic about the Baudelaire children rising up from the ashes?

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

8. What is significant about the fact that the Baudelaire children have been in the darkness for so long their eyes take a long time to get used to the light?

9. What is unique and strangely sad about the Squalor library?

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

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