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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 does Klaus wish Mr. Poe had brought him rather than peppermints?

2. What do the children decide must be true about the letter in Chapter 5?

3. What does Aunt Josephine say the radiator might do?

4. What is Josephine afraid the telephone holds a threat off?

5. What is Josephine afraid will happen if the doorknobs are touched?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Aunt Josephine correct on Captain Sham's business card?

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

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

4. What does the narrator explain in Chapter 1 about the children and the adventure that they are about to have?

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 does the narrator say about business cards in Chapter 4?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Aunt Josephine leaves a hidden message in a note for the children rather than protecting them or calling the police.

1) What does this say about her character?

2) What other methods could she have used to have hidden a message for the children?

3) Why did the author use a hidden message for Josephine? What did it accomplish in the story?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the family dynamics in the story.

1) In what way are Klaus, Violet and Sunny typical children and have a typical relationship?

2) In what way are they atypical?

Essay Topic 3

1) What is the difference between the adults in the story and the children?

2) Does the difference between the adults and the children make it easier for children to relate to? Explain.

3) Why were the adults unable to see through Count Olaf's disguise?

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