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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 Violet suggest they use as a sample of Aunt Josephine's handwriting?
2. What does Klaus tell Violet she could do with the note?
3. Why does Josephine not meet the children on the dock?
4. What does the narrator say he had to escape with the cards he had made up?
5. What does Klaus say that he hopes Violet is clever enough to do?
Short Essay Questions
1. What do they find when they look at the shopping list of Aunt Josephine's next to the suicide note?
2. What does the narrator explain in Chapter 1 about the children and the adventure that they are about to have?
3. How does Josephine describe what happened to Ike in Chapter 2?
4. 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?
5. Describe the scene in Chapter 1 when Mr. Poe hands the children the bag of candies.
6. Describe what Klaus says in the beginning of Chapter 5 about the note that Aunt Josephine wrote.
7. What does the letter say that the children find on the door from Aunt Josephine?
8. What does Mr.Poe tell the children in Chapter 1 as he puts them in the taxi cab?
9. Describe the scene when the Baudelaire children and Aunt Josephine are walking home from the market in Chapter 3?
10. Describe the first meal that the Baudelaire children have in Chapter 2.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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?
Essay Topic 2
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 3
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?
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