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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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) Stale muffins
(c) Orange juice and untoasted bread
(d) Cold oatmeal

3. Why is Aunt Josephine scared to drive in cars?
(a) She had watched a movie where the car came to life
(b) The exhaust fumes were dangerous
(c) They could blow up
(d) Doors might get stuck

4. What does Klaus tell Violet she is being while he is going over the note that Aunt Josephine left?
(a) Blind
(b) Stupid
(c) Ignorant
(d) Obtuse

5. What does Mr. Poe say the children should respect?
(a) Josephine's will
(b) Their elders
(c) Captain Sham
(d) Their parents' wishes

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Klaus say they will do rather than live with Captain Sham?

2. What does Violet say she cannot wait to do?

3. What does the narrator say he had to escape with the cards he had made up?

4. 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?

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?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe how the Baudelaire children keep things in perspective in Chapter 3.

2. What is said between the children in the beginning of Chapter 5 when they have an argument?

3. What does the narrator explain at the end of Chapter 5 in relation to the children crying?

4. What do the children find when they go into the library after finding the note in Chapter 4?

5. What does Mr. Poe say about the children letting their imaginations run away with them?

6. What does Mr.Poe tell the children in Chapter 1 as he puts them in the taxi cab?

7. Describe the library as it is seen for the first time in Chapter 2.

8. Describe the first meal that the Baudelaire children have in Chapter 2.

9. What is said in Chapter 6 when Klaus says the note has been forged?

10. Describe what happens in Chapter six when Klaus looks at Aunt Josephine's suicide note again just before they leave to go meet Captain Sham.

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