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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 does Isadora Quagmire have in her notebook?
(a) Notes on plants.
(b) Poems about Olaf's plans.
(c) A poem for Violet.
(d) Drawings of Count Olaf.

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

3. What does the man in the sunglasses tell the Baudelaire children at the In Auction?
(a) He likes their outfits.
(b) They need to take a bath.
(c) Orphans aren't "in."
(d) They have to leave because they don't belong there.

4. What does Violet tell her siblings she wants them to search the penthouse for?
(a) Food.
(b) Blankets.
(c) Saw.
(d) Long, slender iron objects.

5. Who caters the In Auction's food?
(a) Mr. Poe.
(b) The Stationary District.
(c) The Fish District.
(d) Café Salmonella.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Violet say when she reaches the bottom of the ersatz rope a second time?

3. Where does Klaus want to go once they climb back up the ersatz rope to the penthouse?

4. While in the tiny room at the end of the ersatz rope, what does Klaus do when he sees Violet become upset?

5. What does Violet find on her extra fluffy pillow when she returns to her room?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. How are Count Olaf and Esme Squalor alike?

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

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