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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Which of the Baudelaire orphans wear glasses?
2. How could the Baudelaire children tell the clothes would dwarf them by comparison?
3. What is the name of the street where the orphans will be staying?
4. What is at the curve of the staircase on each floor?
5. Jerome finds Klaus a bedroom he thinks will fit his interests, but what's wrong with it?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does the author reinforce the absurdity of the "what's in and what's out"?
2. Why are the references to the King of Arizona important to the story?
3. What does the Squalor's apartment say about their lives and their character?
4. What is ironic about Mr. Poe telling the children about the staircase, "it's all uphill from here"?
5. What is the significance of the trees that once made Dark Avenue "dark" being cut down once "light" is in?
6. What is the importance of the doorman's strange clothing?
7. What is the importance of the Baudelaire orphans' new guardians being named Squalor?
8. What role does the scene at Café Salmonella play in the overall plot of the story?
9. Why does the narrator compare the Baudelaire children's experience at the Squalor's house as a mixed bag?
10. Why don't Esme and Jerome Squalor believe the children that Gunther is really Count Olaf?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How does the author use personification throughout the novel? Describe instances of personification and whether the use of personification is effective to the overall plot of the story.
Essay Topic 2
How is irony used throughout the novel? Cite different examples of irony and describe whether the use of irony is effective (or not effective) to the overall storyline. Use examples from the text to support your answer.
Essay Topic 3
The adults in "The Ersatz Elevator" are not very responsible. What effect does this have on the Baudelaires and the Quagmires, orphans who seek and, in some instances, rely on adults to ensure their safety? Use examples from the text to support your answer.
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