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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. Why is Aunt Josephine scared to drive in cars?

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

3. What does Aunt Josephine say that Captain Sham is while they eat dinner in the beginning of Chapter 4?

4. What does Aunt Josephine say that Captain Sham has planned for the children?

5. What does Aunt Josephine say that her mother-in-law had in addition to only one eyebrow?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe how the town looks as the children drive through it for the first time on their way to Josephine's house.

2. How does Josephine describe what happened to Ike in Chapter 2?

3. Describe the bedroom that Josephine gives the children to stay in.

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

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

6. Why do the children think that Mr. Poe will not be any help to them in the beginning of Chapter 5 after Mr. Poe has been called about Aunt Josephine's death?

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

8. What disguise is Count Olaf wearing when the children meet him in the store in Chapter 3?

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

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

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

Mr. Poe lists off several things that Count Olaf is charged with, including murder.

1) Why does Count Olaf interrupt Mr. Poe to add arson to the charges?

2) What is conveyed to the reader in this act?

Essay Topic 3

Look at the motivators for Count Olaf.

1) Does his motivation seem to come more from a desire for money, power, or some other theme? Explain your answer and give examples.

2) How could these motivators be used as a good characteristic rather than a bad?

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