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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mr. Poe say he needs to do in Chapter 6 after discovering that the note was in fact left by Aunt Josephine?
(a) Call the police
(b) Get Josephine's other afairs in order
(c) Meet with Captain Sham
(d) Take the children home with him

2. What does Klaus say that he hopes Violet is clever enough to do?
(a) Find Josephine's body
(b) Build a fire
(c) Run away
(d) Get them out of their situation

3. What does Klaus tell Violet she is being while he is going over the note that Aunt Josephine left?
(a) Stupid
(b) Obtuse
(c) Ignorant
(d) Blind

4. What do the children have for breakfast with Aunt Josephine in the beginning of Chapter 3 when the children are trying to keep things in perspective?
(a) Orange juice and untoasted bread
(b) Stale muffins
(c) Cold oatmeal
(d) Dry cereal and water

5. What does Aunt Josephine say she will have to teach Sunny?
(a) To be careful of hard objects
(b) To cook
(c) How to read
(d) Proper English

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Klaus see on the way to answer the door that reminded him of Aunt Josephine and how she had been afraid of it?

2. What does Josephine say that Ike, her dead husband, could do?

3. What does Violet suggest they use as a sample of Aunt Josephine's handwriting?

4. What does Aunt Josephine say she is eager to try a recipe for?

5. What plant does the narrator use as an example to tell about how the Baudelaire children feel in Chapter 5?

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