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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 Sunny suggest might be the plan of Count Olaf?

2. What does Aunt Josephine say is definite proof that Captain Sham isn't Count Olaf?

3. What does the narrator say that he can tell the reader?

4. What is the name of the restaurant with balloons in the window and neon lights?

5. What would happen to Klaus if he ate Mr. Poe's candy?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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?

Essay Topic 2

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 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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