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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. Klaus appears dazed and cannot remember anything that happened after what?
(a) He sawa strange light
(b) He was dropped off at the office
(c) He was tripped in the lumbermill
(d) He heard a strange bell

2. Vice President in Charge of Coins is a title belonging to whom?
(a) Sunny
(b) Poe
(c) Petre
(d) Klaus

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The children have been lulled into a state of complacency by the absence of whom?

2. When the children arrive where they'll be staying, they knock on the door and a man named what answers?

3. How are the employees paid?

4. Finally, the bell rings to signify what?

5. What breaks when Klaus falls?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe how one of the children uses their own natural talent on the first day of work.

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

3. How does Charles raise the Children's hopes after the meeting?

4. Describe the exchange between Violet and Klaus when Klaus returns to the dormitory after being at the eye doctor's office.

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

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

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

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

9. Describe the three children, briefly.

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

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