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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. As they near the building, Klaus vows never again to skip what parts books?

2. Who says that they will sneak the children food the next day?

3. Violet and Sunny are not easily fooled by whom?

4. What is the woman int he waiting room's name?

5. When Klaus must return to the eye doctor, who insists on accompanying him?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Violet handle confronting the count and do you agree or disagree with her reaction.

2. What could possibly be causing Klaus' strange behavior, in the start of chapter 7?

3. Explain the significance of the phrase "You can catch more flies with honey than with vinegar" in chapter 8.

4. How does Count Olaf's plan start to come together at the end of chapter 11?

5. What role does Sunny play in the chapter 12 battle?

6. What is the process of how Violet finds the answer in the library and what is the answer that she finds?

7. What realization does Klaus make on the way to the eye doctor for the second time? Also, why doesn't that realization help him at the time?

8. When Violet and Sunny finally get in to see Sir, what does Violet tell him?

9. What happens as Violet is trying to stop Klaus using one of the secret words, "lucky?"

10. What happens to Klaus at his second trip to the eye doctor?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In the book, the children are basically enslaved in the mill by Sir and the Foreman.

1. If you were in the children's position, would you have tried to escape. If so, when and how. If not, why not?

2. Do you think that modern day children are still enslaved in some ways? Why or why not? If so, in what ways?

Essay Topic 2

List three sections of the book that used symbolism and how it was used in each of those sections.

Essay Topic 3

Choose one of the following characters and write a detailed profile of what they look like and how they act throughout the book. Be sure to use several specific parts of the story to support your descriptions.

Dr. Orwell

Charles

Phil

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