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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 is disconcerting about Esme's behavior after they exit the penthouse apartment?
(a) Her arm is wrapped loosely around them.
(b) She speaks kindly to them.
(c) Her arm is wrapped so tight around them that they couldn't move.
(d) She hugs each child.

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

3. What does Duncan Quagmire have in his notebook?
(a) Information about Olaf's plans.
(b) A poem for Violet.
(c) Notes on plants.
(d) Drawings of Count Olaf.

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

5. What is strange about the winner of the large red herring statue?
(a) It's the doorman.
(b) It's Mr. Poe.
(c) It's Gunther.
(d) It's a small child.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who do the Baudelaires tell about the V.F.D. after their discovery in the In Auction catalog?

2. According to Duncan, how does Gunther plan to smuggle the Quagmires out of the city?

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

4. Why is the mailman afraid of the Baudelaire children?

5. Why can't the Baudelaires climb out of the elevator shaft initially?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

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

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

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

6. The gentleman at the Baudelaire mansion fire claims that the site is haunted. What is the significance of him calling the Baudelaire ghosts?

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

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

9. What is the red herring in Chapter 10?

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

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