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

2. What does Mr. Poe tell the children Aunt Josephina has recently lost?
(a) Her husband
(b) Her dog
(c) Her daughter
(d) Her son

3. What do the children decide must be true about the letter in Chapter 5?
(a) It will never been seen by anyone else
(b) It is a map
(c) It was written by Count Olaf
(d) It is worthless

4. What does Aunt Josephine say that Captain Sham is while they eat dinner in the beginning of Chapter 4?
(a) Charming
(b) Handsome
(c) Tasty
(d) Easy to talk to

5. 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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mr. Poe say he hopes isn't getting the best of the children?

2. What does Aunt Josephine say is definite proof that Captain Sham isn't Count Olaf?

3. In the letter Aunt Josephine leaves who does she leave the children to?

4. What does Aunt Josephine talk about the whole way home?

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 the bedroom that Josephine gives the children to stay in.

2. What happens in Chapter 3 when the Baudelaire children are trying to explain to Aunt Josephine that Captain Sham is really Count Olaf?

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

4. In the beginning of Chapter 4 what is the conversation that takes place around the dinner table?

5. Describe Josephine's house as the children first see it in Chapter 1.

6. What does the narrator explain in Chapter 1 about the children and the adventure that they are about to have?

7. Describe how the town looks as the children drive through it for the first time on their way to Josephine's house.

8. 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.

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

10. Describe the gifts that Aunt Josephine gives the children in Chapter 2?

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