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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 Klaus suggest they do in Chapter 4 but Violet disagrees with it due to past experience?
(a) Laying a trap for Count Olaf
(b) Run away
(c) Call the police
(d) Telling Mr. Poe

2. 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 is worthless
(d) It was written by Count Olaf

3. What does Josephine say that the tin cans in the room are for?
(a) To make music
(b) Burglars
(c) To keep your toys in
(d) To put sea shells

4. What does Mr. Poe NOT say about the note left by Josephine?
(a) It is legal
(b) It is her last will and testament
(c) It should be taken to a lawyer
(d) It is shocking

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Mr. Poe say the children will be at Captain Sham's house?

2. What does Count Olaf say that Violet and Aunt Josephine look like when he first meets Aunt Josephine in Chapter 3?

3. What does Klaus tell Violet she is being while he is going over the note that Aunt Josephine left?

4. What is Aunt Josephine afraid the door mat could do?

5. What does Aunt Josephine say that Captain Sham is while they eat dinner in the beginning of Chapter 4?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe why Josephine refused to come get the children as it is described in Chapter 1.

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

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

4. What disguise is Count Olaf wearing when the children meet him in the store in Chapter 3?

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

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

7. 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.

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

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

10. Describe the children and Aunt Josephine's trip to town in Chapter 3.

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