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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 Aunt Josephine say every few minutes while they are in the boat?

2. Why does Captain Sham no one will believe Josephine?

3. What does Klaus say the word Ike in Josephine's letter was supposed to be?

4. What costume is the waiter wearing at the restaurant?

5. Why does Violet say she and Sunny didn't take a baking soda bath?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the scene at the end of Chapter 12 where the Baudelaire children, Captain Sham, and Mr. Poe are having their argument.

2. What happens in Chapter 8 just after the children have found the atlas to tell them where Aunt Josephine is hiding?

3. In the end of Chapter 11 what does the author mean by the phrase 'mixed blessing'?

4. What do the children think about when Josephine is thrown overboard and they sail away from her.

5. What happens to the Baudelaire children when the eat the peppermints?

6. Describe the scene in which the children look in the window of Captain Sham's sailboat rentals.

7. What does Aunt Josephine say when Captain Sham say he is going to thrown her overboard?

8. Describe the Baudelaires' journey to the Fickle Ferry in Chapter 9.

9. What do the children realize after the storm has passed and they are on the lake?

10. What does Josephine tell the children had happened to her when she decided to run away?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why does Mr. Poe stand on the dock screaming at Count Olaf to stop rather than taking action of some type? What does this represent for the Baudelaire children?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

1) The children are supposed to be the good characters in the story but they often have actions that are not positive. They lie, such as when Violet is on the phone and says it is wrong number, and they steal such as when the children take the sail boat.

2) Does this change the way the reader views these main characters? Explain why or why not?

Does this influence your view on the level of appropriateness for younger audiences? Why?

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