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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The guardian is wearing what color suit when he first meets the children?
(a) Yellow
(b) Blue
(c) Green
(d) Red

2. The children find out that there will be no breakfast because they have to do what?
(a) Leave town immediately
(b) Go to school
(c) Go to work
(d) Meet the guardian

3. How is the foreman dressed?
(a) In dirty overalls
(b) In a tuxedo
(c) In shorts and a t-shirt
(d) In a bathrobe

4. Where does Klaus finally lay down?
(a) Phil's bunk
(b) The floor
(c) The top bunk
(d) The bottom bunk

5. How many books does the library have?
(a) 30
(b) 3
(c) 300
(d) 3,000

6. What are the children given to eat while at work?
(a) Cookies
(b) Gum
(c) Candy
(d) Potato chips

7. the general consensus about the foreman is that he is what type of man?
(a) Friendly
(b) Quiet
(c) Awful
(d) Understanding

8. When the children ask their guardian's name, what does Poe tell them?
(a) Philip
(b) The name is unpronouncable
(c) John
(d) Billy

9. Which of the following is the last name of the children featured in the story?
(a) Baudelaire
(b) Faudelaire
(c) Daudelaire
(d) Caudelaire

10. Who escorts the children out of their meeting with Sir?
(a) Charles
(b) Phil
(c) Sir himself
(d) The Foreman

11. When Violet tells Klaus that he should go to bed, what is Klaus' response?
(a) Yes, Ma'am
(b) Sure, Violet
(c) Whatever you say, Boss
(d) Yes, Sir

12. Which of the following is the first name of one of the children?
(a) Zinnia
(b) Violet
(c) Rose
(d) Iris

13. How long ago did the previous foreman quit?
(a) Four years
(b) Two years
(c) Three years
(d) One year

14. The sign for the lumbermill is made out of what unusual material?
(a) Teeth
(b) Gum
(c) String
(d) Newspaper

15. Although the girls are happy that Klaus has returned, they are upset by what?
(a) The Foreman keeping them from seeing Klaus
(b) Klaus disappearing a second time
(c) Klaus' strange behavior
(d) The Foreman putting them back to work as soon as Klaus returns

Short Answer Questions

1. Who must the children meet with, after they eat?

2. What is the name of the Count mentioned in the story?

3. The children are to stay at a Lumbermill called what?

4. The guardian tells the children that they must work in the mill until who comes of age?

5. At the end of the chapter, as they prepare for their meeting, the children begin to wonder what kind of a man who is?

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