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

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

3. Why does Klaus say the Leeches probably won't show up?
(a) Bananas don't smell very strong
(b) They are moving too fast
(c) The hurricane scared them away
(d) Leeches sleep at night

4. Where do the children intend to get a boat to go find Aunt Josephine?
(a) Captain Sham's rentals
(b) Romantic row boat get away rental
(c) Rubber raft they find
(d) Local fishing crew

5. What does Klaus continue to do while they sail across the lake?
(a) Secure the ropes
(b) Look at the life jackets
(c) Check the compass
(d) Check the atlas

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the creature on the docks doing as the Baudelaires sail away.

2. What does the narrator say that Count Olaf's accomplice held Sunny up like?

3. What happens when Klaus kicks at a leech that managed to get into the boat?

4. What does Josephine say that Count Olaf told her he would do if she didn't give the children over to his care?

5. What does Count Olaf's accomplice step on that causes it to fall?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Josephine's library look like when Klaus enters in Chapter 8?

2. What happens to the Baudelaire children when the eat the peppermints?

3. What happens in Chapter 8 just after the children have found the atlas to tell them where Aunt Josephine is hiding?

4. Describe the scene when the Baudelaire children first arrive back at Josephine's house in the beginning of Chapter 8.

5. What does Aunt Josephine say when Captain Sham say he is going to thrown her overboard?

6. Describe how the children sail the boat in Chapter 10.

7. Describe the scene in which the children look in the window of Captain Sham's sailboat rentals.

8. What does Captain Sham tell Mr. Poe about him and Josephine in chapter seven while they are eating at the restauarant?

9. Describe the scene at the end of Chapter 12 where the Baudelaire children, Captain Sham, and Mr. Poe are having their argument.

10. What does Violet do under the table while they are eating at the restaurant?

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