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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. What condition do the Baudelaires find the Quagmires?
3. Who do the Baudelaires tell about the V.F.D. after their discovery in the In Auction catalog?
4. Which direction does Klaus suggest the Baudelaires climb to get out of the elevator shaft?
5. What do the Baudelaires do to the ceiling once they reach the dead end?
Short Essay Questions
1. In what ways are the Baudelaire children's skills handy and useful in Chapter 7?
2. What is the meaning of the red herring statue which is in Lot #48?
3. How are Count Olaf and Esme Squalor alike?
4. What is symbolic about Klaus's declaration that they had reached a "dead end" at the end of the passageway?
5. How is the word "ersatz" used in Chapter 7?
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 does Klaus mean when he tells Violet the time wasn't ripe for her invention?
8. How does Violet plan to rescue the Quagmires from their cage?
9. What is Count Olaf's plan to move Quagmires out of the city and to get his hands on their sapphires?
10. During the Baudelaires' climb back up to the penthouse, they are encased in darkness. What is symbolic about their climb in the shadowy dark?
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
Compare and contrast Jerome Squalor and his wife, Esme. Use examples from the text to support your answer.
Essay Topic 3
At the beginning of the novel, the Baudelaire children are forced to climb a staircase in the darkness with randomly placed candles for small pockets of light. As they move up the staircase, they frequently come across others in apartment building, shadows behind closed doors that make occasionally make noises of life. How is this single scene a symbol of the Baudelaire children's past "shadows" and dread? Use examples from the text to support your answer.
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