The Wide Window Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 121 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The Wide Window Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 121 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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 Mr. Poe say the children should respect?

2. What does Captain Sham say happened to his leg?

3. What does Mr. Poe give the Baudelaire children?

4. What does Aunt Josephine say that they should do for Captain Sham?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the narrator say about business cards in Chapter 4?

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

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

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

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

6. What do the children find when they go into the library after finding the note in Chapter 4?

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

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

9. Describe how the Baudelaire children keep things in perspective in Chapter 3.

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

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?

(see the answer keys)

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