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

2. What does Captain Sham say he thought had happened to the children?
(a) Gotten lost on the way home
(b) Ran away
(c) Fell off the cliff with the house
(d) Went to the hospital for their allergies

3. What does the sign outside the cave say?
(a) Beware
(b) For Sale
(c) No Trespassing
(d) Caution

4. What does Captain Sham say Josephine jumping out the window would have been?
(a) Sensible thing
(b) Quickest way for her to go
(c) Easiest option
(d) Most fortunate

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Aunt Josephine tell the children she ate just before they arrived?

2. Why does Klaus say rowing won't help?

3. What does Violet take with her to the restaurant?

4. What does Sunny do while her siblings are trying to convince Mr. Poe that Aunt Josephine may still be alive?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. In the end of Chapter 11 what does the author mean by the phrase 'mixed blessing'?

5. What do the children realize after the storm has passed and they are on the lake?

6. How does the creature stop the Baudelaire children after it wakes up?

7. Describe the invention that Violet makes in Chapter 11 and what it does.

8. Describe the Baudelaires' journey to the Fickle Ferry in Chapter 9.

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

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

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