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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. According to the narrator, what does a nefarious disguise mean?
2. While climbing the staircase, Violet recalls what event that her parents attended that made them extremely tired?
3. What is Jerome's suggestion for putting the Baudelaires' mind at ease?
4. During dinner at Café Salmonella, what makes the Baudelaire children lose their appetites?
5. What is the In Auction?
Short Essay Questions
1. What role does the scene at Café Salmonella play in the overall plot of the story?
2. Why do the Baudelaire children feel they sound "hopelessly spoiled" when discussing how disappointed they are with their pinstripe suit gifts from Esme?
3. How does the author illustrate the differences between Esme and Jerome Squalor?
4. Why does the narrator compare the Baudelaire children's experience at the Squalor's house as a mixed bag?
5. What does the Squalor's apartment say about their lives and their character?
6. What is revealed about Esme's character when she says, "Quickly, before anybody sees that this apartment is still dark!"
7. What is the importance of the doorman's strange clothing?
8. What is the significance of the doorman telling the Baudelaire children and Jerome they can't go up to the penthouse until Gunther comes down?
9. Why is the meaning of "nervous" and "anxious" important to the reader's understanding of the novel?
10. What is symbolic of Jerome sliding down the stairs and his laughter growing fainter the further he descends?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How does the location of the Squalor's apartment foreshadow the events of the story? Use examples from the text to support your answer.
Essay Topic 2
The title of this novel is "The Ersatz Elevator." Explain how the symbol and literal use of the elevator is presented and supported throughout the novel. In what scenes/actions does the elevator become both symbolic and useful? 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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