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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 color is the carpet and bed spreads in the Baudelaires' bedroom?

2. What sound do the Baudelaire children hear while trying to think up a plan?

3. What does Aunt Josephine say Ike had when he answered the phone?

4. What is Violet's greatest joy in life?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

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

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

5. Describe what happens in Chapter six when Klaus looks at Aunt Josephine's suicide note again just before they leave to go meet Captain Sham.

6. Describe the children and Aunt Josephine's trip to town in Chapter 3.

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

8. Describe the scene in Chapter 4 where Violet answers the phone.

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Count Olaf is very prideful. Discuss pride. In what other ways does pride show itself as a factor for events or characters in the story? Compare Olaf to another prideful character in a book that you have read.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

There are many symbols used throughout the story. What symbols are readily identified and become significant as the story continues?

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