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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 tell Violet she could do with the note?

2. What does Mr. Poe tell the children Aunt Josephina has recently lost?

3. What does Violet see that reminds her of Aunt Josephine and how Aunt Josephine had been afraid of it while they go to answer the door?

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

5. What does Count Olaf's smile turn into when Aunt Josephine turns her back?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Mr.Poe tell the children in Chapter 1 as he puts them in the taxi cab?

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

4. What do they find when they look at the shopping list of Aunt Josephine's next to the suicide note?

5. Describe the first meal that the Baudelaire children have in Chapter 2.

6. What does the narrator explain at the end of Chapter 5 in relation to the children crying?

7. Describe the library as it is seen for the first time in Chapter 2.

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

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

10. What happens in Chapter 3 when the Baudelaire children are trying to explain to Aunt Josephine that Captain Sham is really Count Olaf?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

There are a lot of dire situations in the story and it appears that Josephine dies after abandoning the children.

1) Is this book appropriate for younger audiences? Why or why not?

2) Did the death of Josephine influence your decision in any way?

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

The children hope at the front of the book that they are going to live at a good home.

1) What is the purpose of the hope that the children have at this point in the story?

2)What has changed between this point and when the children are sitting at the dock leaving? Is there any indication that they are hoping once again at the end of the story? Explain your answer.

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