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

2. Why did the previous foreman quit?
(a) He decided to move to someplace sunny and warm
(b) There was a death in his family
(c) It's a mystery
(d) He had an accident

3. Where will the children be sleeping, when they aren't at work?
(a) An attic
(b) A basement
(c) A dormitory
(d) A closet

4. The children are traveling by what method of transportation, as the book opens?
(a) Car
(b) Plane
(c) Boat
(d) Train

5. The children sit down to share what first meal with the workers?
(a) Dinner
(b) Breakfast
(c) Lunch
(d) Dessert

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is not one of the steps at the lumbermill?

2. What obscures the guardian's face?

3. Mr. Poe works where?

4. Who wrote Advanced Ocular Science?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Do you think the library will affect the rest of the story? Why or why not?

5. Do you think it was right for Mr. Poe to leave the children alone at the station in Paltryville? Why or why not?

6. Describe the library and how the children feel about it.

7. Explain the symbolism of the dormitory window.

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

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

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

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