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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. When Violet, Klaus and Sunny open the gate to the lumbermill, they find what?
(a) A puppy
(b) A kitten
(c) A box
(d) A memo

2. What is the guardian's preferred method of communication?
(a) Relaying messages through the foreman
(b) Writing
(c) Telephoning
(d) Relaying messages through his maid

3. Klaus falls asleep without taking off what clothing?
(a) His hat
(b) His ring
(c) His gloves
(d) His shoes

4. What must be done to the pieces of timber on the first day?
(a) Debarking
(b) Sanding
(c) Cutting into even lengths
(d) Painting

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The foreman wears a mask that obscures all of his face except for what?

3. What is Phil's attitude toward Klaus' strange disappearance and behavior upon returning?

4. When the children ask their guardian's name, what does Poe tell them?

5. What are the children given to eat while at work?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the dormitory described and how do the children react to it?

2. What opinion do the children have about Count Olaf, in chapter 5, and do you agree with it?

3. Describe the major change in the plot line, in chapter 6.

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

5. What might the guardian's reasons for wanting the children to work in the mill until Violet comes of age be?

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

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. Describe Foreman Flacutono.

9. Describe the town of Paltryville.

10. Describe the three children, briefly.

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