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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 abandon her post at the tiller to do?

2. What does Josephine do that prompts Captain Sham to push her overboard?

3. Since its hands are full with Sunny and Violet what does the accomplice use to stop Klaus?

4. Who does Violet tell Klaus they will say they are?

5. What does Klaus say he had never noticed before?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the narrator explain when Violet says they are going to steal a sailboat?

2. What does Violet do under the table while they are eating at the restaurant?

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

4. What does Larry the waiter offer the children to eat?

5. How does the creature stop the Baudelaire children after it wakes up?

6. Describe the scene in Chapter 11 when the Leeches arrive.

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

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

9. What does Josephine's library look like when Klaus enters in Chapter 8?

10. Describe how Aunt Josephine acts when the children first get her into the boat in Chapter 11?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

1) What lesson or moral did the children learn from Aunt Josephine? Explain your answer.

2) Was this lesson or moral given in a positive way or negative?

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