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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Aunt Josephine say is definite proof that Captain Sham isn't Count Olaf?
(a) His business card
(b) Aunt Josephine called the psychic network
(c) His story about loosing his leg
(d) His boats

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

3. What does Aunt Josephine say Ike had when he answered the phone?
(a) A rubber ear protector
(b) A good laugh at Josephine
(c) Special glove
(d) Insulated shoes

4. What does Count Olaf's smile turn into when Aunt Josephine turns her back?
(a) Smirk
(b) Growl
(c) Sneer
(d) Lagh

5. What does Violet see that reminds her of Aunt Josephine and how Aunt Josephine had been afraid of it while they go to answer the door?
(a) The bed covers
(b) The radiator
(c) The telephone
(d) The doormat

6. What is Violet thinking of inventing something for while they are standing on the dock?
(a) The Fickle Ferry
(b) The president's bathroom
(c) Violet's suitcase
(d) Mr. Poe's car

7. What does the narrator say he had to escape with the cards he had made up?
(a) A foreign country
(b) The clutches of Count Olaf
(c) An enemy's castle
(d) From a bad marriage

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

9. What does Aunt Josephine say that Captain Sham has planned for the children?
(a) A surprise
(b) A night on the town
(c) A fabulous dinner
(d) A party

10. What does Aunt Josephine have covering the stove and oven in the kitchen for safety?
(a) White sheets
(b) Blankets
(c) Pillows
(d) Steel cages

11. What happens during dinner?
(a) The storm starts
(b) Josephine chokes on her stew
(c) The phone rings
(d) There is a nock on the door

12. What happened to the children's previous guardian, Uncle Monty?
(a) Died in his sleep
(b) Was committed
(c) Bitten by a snake
(d) Murdered

13. What does Count Olaf say that Violet and Aunt Josephine look like when he first meets Aunt Josephine in Chapter 3?
(a) Mother and daughter
(b) Twins
(c) Cousins
(d) Sisters

14. What does Klaus find attached to the door?
(a) A map
(b) A poem with a piece of tape
(c) A code with a nail
(d) A piece of paper with a thumbtack

15. What does Mr. Poe say even the most intelligent people in the world often need the help of?
(a) A banker
(b) A lawyer
(c) A policeman
(d) A handwritting analysist

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Klaus' greatest joy in life?

3. What does Josephine say that Violet is for answering the door?

4. What does the Taxi drive say the children will have to wait for before making friends?

5. 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?

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