2. What does Klaus wish Mr. Poe had brought him rather than peppermints?
(a) Something to read
(b) A milk shake
(c) A hamburger
(d) A new shirt

3. What does Klaus suggest might be the plan of Count Olaf?
(a) Kidnap them
(b) Let the leaches have them
(c) Take them out on a boat and drown them
(d) Knock the house off the hill

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

5. What does Klaus say they will do rather than live with Captain Sham?
(a) Go to the orphanage
(b) Run away
(c) Join the circus
(d) Go back to the bank

6. 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 telephone
(b) The radiator
(c) The bed covers
(d) The doormat

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

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

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

10. What is Violet's greatest joy in life?
(a) Cutting hair
(b) Writing
(c) Arithmatic
(d) Reading

11. What does Violet tell Klaus he is being while Klaus is going over the note Aunt Josephine left?
(a) Ignorant
(b) Insufferable
(c) A pain in her butt
(d) Unbearable

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

13. What does the narrator say that he can tell the reader?
(a) Mr. Poe won't be any help
(b) They are in far worse danger than Aunt Josephine
(c) Aunt Josephine isn't dead
(d) The worst is yet to come

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

15. Why don't the Baudelaire children eat the candy given to them by Mr. Poe?
(a) They are allergic
(b) It is wet and moldy
(c) They are too sad
(d) They have low blood sugar