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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 Violet's idiosyncrasy?

2. What does Violet tell the Quagmires after examining the lock on their cage?

3. After the first series of curves, what do the children hear above their heads?

4. According to Duncan, how does Gunther plan to smuggle the Quagmires out of the city?

5. Who do the Baudelaires tell about the V.F.D. after their discovery in the In Auction catalog?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What is odd about the doorman making bids at the In Auction?

8. How does Klaus convince Jerome to help them find the Quagmires without him knowing?

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

10. What is Count Olaf's plan to move Quagmires out of the city and to get his hands on their sapphires?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

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 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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