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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 every few minutes while they are in the boat?
(a) Oh no
(b) Heavens to Murgatroy
(c) Oh dear
(d) My oh my

2. What wakes up Count Olaf's accomplice?
(a) Thunder
(b) The children talking
(c) The gate opening
(d) The door closing

3. What does the narrator say there are few sights sadder than?
(a) A wet sofa
(b) A swollen tongue
(c) Ruined books
(d) A hurricane coming

4. What does Mr. Poe say that Captain Sham will have to do before the children will be put into his care?
(a) Go before a judge
(b) Show Mr. Poe his house
(c) Put the children into a good school
(d) Sign some papers

5. What sign do the children see as they get to the Fickle Ferry docks?
(a) Open
(b) No Shirts, No Shoes, No service
(c) Closed
(d) No children without adult supervision

6. What does Klaus say he had never noticed before?
(a) How much he enjoyed the water
(b) How calming the waves are
(c) How smart they are
(d) How pretty Lake Lachrymose is

7. What did the children do when a car passed them as they made their way to the Fickle Ferry?
(a) Hide in the bushes
(b) Stick out their thumbs
(c) Lay down in the ditches
(d) Run behind houses

8. What books does Violet say they need in order to find out what Josephine meant by the message left hidden in her note?
(a) Lachrymose Leeches
(b) Lake Lachrymose
(c) Boating Captains
(d) Hurricanes

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

10. What does the narrator say that Count Olaf's accomplice held Sunny up like?
(a) A dirty sock
(b) A sucker
(c) An ice cream cone
(d) A prize

11. What is happening when the Baudelaires leave the restaurant?
(a) The sky has grown dark
(b) It has started raining
(c) There is a parade
(d) The wind is gusting very hard

12. What does Josephine do that prompts Captain Sham to push her overboard?
(a) Sneezes on him
(b) Hugs him
(c) Corrects his grammar
(d) Stops him from hurting the children

13. What does the narrator say Captain Sham resembled while they were at the restaurant?
(a) Tiger
(b) Snake
(c) Chameleon
(d) Earth worm

14. What does Sunny abandon her post at the tiller to do?
(a) Hold down Josephine
(b) Knock back the Leeches
(c) Bail out the water
(d) Row

15. What does Josephine say she will help the children do after she catches her breath?
(a) Bring in their luggage
(b) Run away
(c) Go to the police
(d) Sail back to shore

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the sign outside the cave say?

2. Due to their swollen tongues, what is the only thing that Klaus and Sunny can say?

3. What do the Baudelaire children say they will have while at the restaurant?

4. What does Captain Sham say the Baudelaire children will be in just a few short hours

5. Where do the children intend to get a boat to go find Aunt Josephine?

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