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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Cold oatmeal
(b) Dry cereal and water
(c) Orange juice and untoasted bread
(d) Stale muffins

2. What does Josephine say that Ike, her dead husband, could do?
(a) Skip backwards
(b) Whistle while eating crackers
(c) Keep his eyes open while sneezing
(d) Pat his head and rub his stomach

3. What does Violet suggest they use as a sample of Aunt Josephine's handwriting?
(a) Her grammar notes
(b) Her last letter to Ike
(c) Shopping list
(d) Her diary

4. What does Mr. Poe say is a very serious charge?
(a) Identity theft
(b) Forgery
(c) Kidnapping
(d) Arson

5. What would happen to Violet if she ate Mr. Poe's candy?
(a) Break out into hives
(b) Begin to have trouble breathing
(c) Vomit
(d) Faint

6. Where does Mr. Poe say they are meeting Captain Sham?
(a) Hotel
(b) Boating pier
(c) Park
(d) Restaurant

7. What is Aunt Josephine afraid the door mat could do?
(a) Make the house look ugly
(b) Cause someone to trip
(c) Hold deadly bugs
(d) Grow a fungus

8. What does Klaus tell Violet she could do with the note?
(a) Rip it up
(b) Throw it out the Wide Window
(c) Eat it
(d) Burn it

9. In the letter Aunt Josephine leaves who does she leave the children to?
(a) The local orphanage
(b) Mr. Poe
(c) Count Olaf
(d) Captain Sham

10. What is the name of the restaurant with balloons in the window and neon lights?
(a) WhatsaMatterU
(b) Salty Sea Dog
(c) Circus Climate
(d) Anxious Clown

11. What does Mr. Poe give the Baudelaire children?
(a) Ice cream
(b) Perpermints
(c) Toffee bits
(d) Butterscotch

12. How do the Baudelaire children and Aunt Josephine get to town in Chapter 3?
(a) Ride bikes
(b) Walk
(c) Take a cab
(d) Horseback

13. What word does Aunt Josephine define for the children thinking they don't know the meaning of it, while she is on the phone with Captain Sham?
(a) Surprise
(b) Eavesdropping
(c) Character
(d) Demise

14. What does Aunt Josephine tell Captain Sham the children seem to have lost along with their grammar?
(a) Manners
(b) Common sense
(c) Kindness
(d) Sense of humor

15. What does Klaus suggest they do in Chapter 4 but Violet disagrees with it due to past experience?
(a) Laying a trap for Count Olaf
(b) Run away
(c) Call the police
(d) Telling Mr. Poe

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Mr. Poe tell the children that he can't go with them to Josephine's house?

2. What would happen to Klaus if he ate Mr. Poe's candy?

3. What does Josephine say that the tin cans in the room are for?

4. What does Aunt Josephine say she hopes will happen soon?

5. What is Klaus' greatest joy in life?

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