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

2. What does Esme make the Baudelaires carry up to their penthouse apartment?

3. What does Duncan try to tell Violet in his notebook?

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

5. How does Esme know Gunther/Count Olaf?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to Sunny's character during Chapter 10?

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

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

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

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

6. How are Count Olaf and Esme Squalor alike?

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

8. Why does Esme continue to insist that Gunther left the penthouse apartment?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The author uses idioms throughout the novel via the narrator. What purpose does the use of idioms serve to the overall storyline of "The Ersatz Elevator"? 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

How does the author's use of puns develop the characterization of the narrator? Use examples from the text to support your answer.

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