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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does Mr. Poe say the children will be at Captain Sham's house?
(a) Within the hour
(b) As soon as Josephine's affairs are straightened out
(c) That night
(d) Within the next week

2. What do the children have for dinner 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) Cold oatmeal
(c) Dry creal and water
(d) Stale muffins

3. Who is on their way to the children since Aunt Josephine is dead?
(a) The coroner
(b) Captain Sham
(c) The police
(d) Mr. Poe

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

5. What does Violet realize the message in Aunt Josephine's letter means?
(a) Aunt Josephine isn't dead
(b) Aunt Josephine is going to rescue the children
(c) Aunt Josephine is nuts
(d) Aunt Josephine knew Captain Sham

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Aunt Josephine have covering the stove and oven in the kitchen for safety?

2. Where does Mr. Poe say they are meeting Captain Sham?

3. Why is Aunt Josephine scared to drive in cars?

4. What does the narrator say there are few sights sadder than?

5. What do the Baudelaire children feel as they walk home?

(see the answer key)

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