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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. After pushing the Up button on the elevator, what does Esme do?

2. While comforting Violet in the hidden room at the end of the ersatz elevator, what does Klaus say the time is ripe for?

3. With what does Klaus poke the walls of the passageway?

4. What three things do Klaus and Sunny discover that Violet believes will help free the Quagmires?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What is significant about the fact that the Baudelaire children have been in the darkness for so long their eyes take a long time to get used to the light?

7. What do the children realize about Jerome Squalor as they reach the Veblen Hall and are confronted with Gunther?

8. How are Count Olaf and Esme Squalor alike?

9. What does Klaus mean when he tells Violet the time wasn't ripe for her invention?

10. The gentleman at the Baudelaire mansion fire claims that the site is haunted. What is the significance of him calling the Baudelaire ghosts?

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

Describe the literal and symbolic use of the red herring in "The Ersatz Elevator." 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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