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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the clothing store the taxi cab passes?

2. What does Aunt Josephine say Ike had when he answered the phone?

3. What does Klaus see on the way to answer the door that reminded him of Aunt Josephine and how she had been afraid of it?

4. What do the children have for dinner their first night in Josephine's house?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the way that Aunt Josephine shows the children around the house?

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

3. What does the narrator say about business cards in Chapter 4?

4. 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.

5. Describe the scene when the Baudelaire children and Aunt Josephine are walking home from the market in Chapter 3?

6. Describe the scene in Chapter 1 when Mr. Poe hands the children the bag of candies.

7. What does the letter say that the children find on the door from Aunt Josephine?

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

9. What does Mr. Poe say about the children letting their imaginations run away with them?

10. What do the children do after Aunt Josephine sends them to their room in Chapter 4?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

1) Why does Mr. Poe and Josephine refuse to listen to the children about Captain Sham?

2) What does this convey to the reader about the author's point of view?

Essay Topic 2

This story has a warning in several places about the fact that it does not end well.

1) Does this influence your desire to read the book?

2) Do you continue to hope for a happy ending or something good to come of the events?

Essay Topic 3

The author gives the reader many instances of foreshadowing in the story.

1) Give examples of foreshadowing that happen in the book and what it accomplishes.

2) Why does the author choose to reveal these pieces of information?

3) What other way could the author have given the information?

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