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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. Violet wishes that who would be there to help with her research?

2. As chapter 8 opens, Violet, Klaus and Sunny warily approach what?

3. Who is giving the orders when Sunny and Violet enter the mill?

4. The book is written in overly complicated language and worse, it is what?

5. Klaus realizes that what must have happened to him?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What are the children's first impressions of Dr. Orwell and how do they compare with your own impressions of the doctor.

3. What is the relationship between Sir and Charles like, in chapter 10, as opposed to how it is described earlier in the book?

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

5. How does Violet realize what the secret word to completely release Klaus from his trance is and when does she use it?

6. What is the result of the children's confrontation with the Count?

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

8. How does Charles offer to help, in chapter 10, and how is it reminiscent of earlier in the book?

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

10. Describe Klaus' odd behavior, in chapter 7 as a whole and how the Foreman reacts to it at the end of the chapter. What might everything all together indicate?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Dr. Orwell plays a major role in the book, especially at the end.

1. Describe Dr. Orwell and her role in the story in detail.

2. Why do you think Dr. Orwell was so easily persuaded by Count Olaf to hypnotize Klaus?

3. What might the story have been like if Dr. Orwell was not present?

Essay Topic 2

What do you think would have changed had Sunny not been in the book? Describe at least two scenes that you think would change, as a result of her absence.

Essay Topic 3

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?

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