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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 happens when Klaus kicks at a leech that managed to get into the boat?
(a) It latches onto his shoe
(b) It flies into Josephine's lap
(c) It splatters
(d) It crawls up his leg

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

3. Why does Captain Sham no one will believe Josephine?
(a) She is dead
(b) Everyone knows she is a nut
(c) She is too scared to tell anyone
(d) She is a liar

4. What does Mr. Poe say that Captain Sham will have to do before the children will be put into his care?
(a) Show Mr. Poe his house
(b) Sign some papers
(c) Put the children into a good school
(d) Go before a judge

5. What does Josephine do that prompts Captain Sham to push her overboard?
(a) Corrects his grammar
(b) Hugs him
(c) Sneezes on him
(d) Stops him from hurting the children

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What message has Klaus been able to get out of Aunt Josephine's letter?

3. What does Violet do while they sail?

4. What does Aunt Josephine NOT tell Captain Sham?

5. Who does Violet tell Klaus they will say they are?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the narrator explain when Violet says they are going to steal a sailboat?

2. What does Captain Sham say to the children when they get into his boat?

3. What do the children think about when Josephine is thrown overboard and they sail away from her.

4. What is the realization that the children come to after talking with Aunt Josephine in the cave in Chapter 10?

5. Describe how Aunt Josephine acts when the children first get her into the boat in Chapter 11?

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

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

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

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

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

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