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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. Who tries to comfort the girls, while they wait for Klaus?
(a) Phil
(b) Sir
(c) The Count
(d) Mr. Poe

2. The girls finally decide to wait for Klaus where?
(a) In the library
(b) In their beds
(c) In the courtyard
(d) In front of the doctor's office

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

4. Where is the doctor's office?
(a) In the building shaped like an eye
(b) Above the bank
(c) In the mill's basement
(d) Behind the post office

5. Dinner was described as what?
(a) Lumpy
(b) Green
(c) Moldy
(d) Blue

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who tries to remind Klaus that he is at the Lucky Smells?

3. The count has a tattoo on what part of his body?

4. The guardian is wearing what color suit when he first meets the children?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Phil and how does he deal with the children?

2. What is the food situation like at the mill? What does it mean to the children and the other workers?

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

4. How is foreshadowing used in chapter two?

5. Explain the significance of the building shaped like an eye.

6. What do you think about the girls staring at the drawing of a window, while waiting for Klaus?

7. Explain the symbolism of the dormitory window.

8. Describe the town of Paltryville.

9. What is the guardian of the children described as being like up to the end of chapter 4?

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

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