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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. What is the one thing Violet cannot find in her bedroom at the Squalor's penthouse apartment?
2. How did the Baudelaire orphans' parents die?
3. What do the Baudelaire children believe Gunther will try to do?
4. What is an aqueous martini?
5. During their first few days with the Squalors, whom do the Baudelaires scarcely see?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the importance of the Baudelaire orphans' new guardians being named Squalor?
2. Why does Violet stop arguing with Esme about Gunther's true identity?
3. What does the narrator mean when he states "...like caramel candy, strawberry yogurt, and liquid carpet cleaner, if you eat too much of it you are not going to enjoy your meal"?
4. Why does Esme reject her husband's idea to give the In Auction money to a good cause?
5. What is the importance of the doorman's strange clothing?
6. What is revealed about Esme when she comments that orphans are so "in" they ought to be in the In Auction?
7. How does the author illustrate the differences between Esme and Jerome Squalor?
8. What is ironic about Mr. Poe telling the children about the staircase, "it's all uphill from here"?
9. Why is the meaning of "nervous" and "anxious" important to the reader's understanding of the novel?
10. Why do the Baudelaire children lie about whether they are interested in or enjoy their presents from Esme?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Compare and contrast Jerome Squalor and his wife, Esme. Use examples from the text to support your answer.
Essay Topic 2
What is the symbolism of the Squalors? Explain how the author uses Esme's crazy demands and actions to reveal aspects of her character and aspects of her husband's character, Jerome. Use examples from the text to support your answer.
Essay Topic 3
The city the Baudelaire children were born and raised is a metropolis and has big city/urban problems. Compare the fictionalized city to a real life metropolis (or the city you live in). Does your city have the same or different issues as the place the Baudelaire children reside? Use examples from the text to support your answer.
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