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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. Dinner was described as what?
(a) Moldy
(b) Blue
(c) Green
(d) Lumpy
2. Klaus appears dazed and cannot remember anything that happened after what?
(a) He was tripped in the lumbermill
(b) He sawa strange light
(c) He heard a strange bell
(d) He was dropped off at the office
3. Where will the children be sleeping, when they aren't at work?
(a) A basement
(b) An attic
(c) A dormitory
(d) A closet
4. What obscures the guardian's face?
(a) Smoke
(b) A newspaper
(c) A curtain
(d) A mask
5. The foreman demands that Violet and Sunny pick up what he drops, while Klaus does what?
(a) Does sit ups
(b) Gets dressed
(c) Does push ups
(d) Makes beds
Short Answer Questions
1. The children bump into a man, on the way to their meeting, who is described as what?
2. What is Phil's attitude toward Klaus' strange disappearance and behavior upon returning?
3. Where did the books in the library come from?
4. The first day of work is called what?
5. How does Charles know the guardian?
Short Essay Questions
1. Do the workers respect the foreman?
2. Describe the major change in the plot line, in chapter 6.
3. How do Violet and Sunny feel about Phil's response to Klaus' disappearance, in chapter 6?
4. What observations can you make about Foreman Flacutono's actions in chapter 5?
5. What is the guardian of the children described as being like up to the end of chapter 4?
6. What does the mention of the gum in chapter 3 help to explain from earlier in the story?
7. Do you think it was right for Mr. Poe to leave the children alone at the station in Paltryville? Why or why not?
8. What might the guardian's reasons for wanting the children to work in the mill until Violet comes of age be?
9. Describe the exchange between Violet and Klaus when Klaus returns to the dormitory after being at the eye doctor's office.
10. Explain the symbolism of the dormitory window.
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