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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 do Klaus and Violet tell Mr. Poe that they have to go do?

2. What does Violet need from Josephine to make her invention work?

3. What is Sunny's job on the sailboat?

4. What does Captain Sham say Josephine jumping out the window would have been?

5. What does the narrator say Captain Sham resembled while they were at the restaurant?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What does Captain Sham tell Mr. Poe about him and Josephine in chapter seven while they are eating at the restauarant?

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

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

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

10. What does Klaus do in Chapter 8 when he enters the library room?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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