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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 NOT tell Captain Sham?
(a) She will hide herself away forever
(b) He can have their money
(c) He can have the children
(d) She will work for him

2. What does Violet say she is trying to create?
(a) A homemade horn
(b) Fire
(c) A motor
(d) A Leech repellant

3. Why does Violet say she and Sunny didn't take a baking soda bath?
(a) There was no hot water
(b) The lights went out because of the hurricane
(c) They decided they look good in hives
(d) Aunt Josephine didn't keep baking soda

4. What does Count Olaf's accomplice step on that causes it to fall?
(a) Lake atlas
(b) Sunny's rattle
(c) A slick puddle
(d) Violet's shoe

5. What does Violet do with their coats when they arrive back at Josephine's house?
(a) Drops them on the floor
(b) Blocks the front door with them
(c) Throws them in the closet
(d) Hangs them on the back of the chairs

6. 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) Run behind houses
(d) Lay down in the ditches

7. What does Larry, the waiter, recommend since the occasion is sad?
(a) Shake Your Sillies Out Milk Shakes
(b) Cheer-up cheeseburgers
(c) Slap Happy Biscuits
(d) Happy Meal

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

9. 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

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

11. What does Mr. Poe say he will have at the restaurant?
(a) Cookies
(b) Coffee
(c) Tea
(d) Wine

12. Who does Violet tell Klaus they will say they are?
(a) The Browns
(b) The Jones children
(c) Lost children looking for home
(d) Escaping a lunatic

13. What does Klaus explain that he believes Aunt Josephine left in the note?
(a) A message
(b) A map
(c) Information about Captain Sham
(d) Her bank information

14. What does Violet need from Josephine to make her invention work?
(a) Bobby pins
(b) Hair net
(c) Earrings
(d) Shawl

15. What does Aunt Josephine NOT say that she will do in order to disappear?
(a) Change her name
(b) Wear colored contact lenses
(c) Get plastic surgery
(d) Dye her hair

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Mr. Poe say he doesn't drink?

2. What does the narrator say Captain Sham resembled while they were at the restaurant?

3. What sign do the children see as they get to the Fickle Ferry docks?

4. What fancy word does Klaus say that Aunt Josephine misspelled?

5. Where does Captain Sham say that he and Josephine had met while he is telling Mr. Poe the story?

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