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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The foreman wears a mask that obscures all of his face except for what?
(a) One ear
(b) His nose
(c) His chin
(d) One cheek

2. The foreman first calls the children what?
(a) Midgets
(b) New recruits
(c) Dwarves
(d) Scaliwags

3. Where are the children expected to work every day?
(a) The optomitrist's office
(b) The post office
(c) The mill
(d) The bank

4. How do the children handle the news that they will be working?
(a) They telephone Poe for help
(b) They agree to make the best of it
(c) They complain
(d) They run away

5. Who is Charles?
(a) The banker
(b) The man the children meet on the way to see the guardian
(c) A mill worker
(d) The foreman

Short Answer Questions

1. Mr. Poe works where?

2. The children bump into a man, on the way to their meeting, who is described as what?

3. The foreman demands that Violet and Sunny pick up what he drops, while Klaus does what?

4. Where does Klaus finally lay down?

5. Klaus appears dazed and cannot remember anything that happened after what?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the routine at the mill and how it affects the children.

2. What does the mention of the gum in chapter 3 help to explain from earlier in the story?

3. Describe the town of Paltryville.

4. Describe the first day of work for the children.

5. Do the workers respect the foreman?

6. Why are the workers incapable of having anything other than gum for lunch?

7. How do Violet and Sunny feel about Phil's response to Klaus' disappearance, in chapter 6?

8. Describe Mr. Poe's relationship with the children.

9. Who is Charles and how might he be helpful tot he children?

10. What would you do if you were one of the children and were left alone in Paltryville by Mr. Poe?

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