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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 Violet's idiosyncrasy?
(a) Tying up her hair and screaming at people.
(b) Tying up her hair with a ribbon when she is inventing something.
(c) Tying up her hair and praying.
(d) Tying up her hair and crossing her eyes.

2. While waiting for the Squalors to return from getting soda, what does Klaus do when someone talks to him?
(a) Yells.
(b) Stares blankly.
(c) Ignores them.
(d) Mumbles.

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

4. Why is the mailman afraid of the Baudelaire children?
(a) He thinks they are thieves.
(b) He thinks they are monsters and will hurt him.
(c) He thinks they are ghosts and will hurt him.
(d) He thinks they are with Count Olaf.

5. What does Violet tell the Quagmires after examining the lock on their cage?
(a) She needs Sunny to bite through it.
(b) She needs to invent something to rescue them.
(c) She needs them to be quiet.
(d) She needs Klaus to read the directions.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Esme know Gunther/Count Olaf?

2. What is everyone at the In Auction wearing?

3. How does Violet propose to free the Quagmires from their cage?

4. According to the narrator, what are idiosyncrasies?

5. What does Esme believe about Count Olaf's intelligence?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What is the red herring in Chapter 10?

6. How does Violet plan to rescue the Quagmires from their cage?

7. During the Baudelaires' climb back up to the penthouse, they are encased in darkness. What is symbolic about their climb in the shadowy dark?

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

9. What do the children realize about Jerome Squalor as they reach the Veblen Hall and are confronted with Gunther?

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

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