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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. Why does Klaus say the Leeches probably won't show up?

2. What wakes up Count Olaf's accomplice?

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

4. What does the narrator say the library room shook like?

5. What happens to Sunny when she eats a peppermint?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Look at the characteristics of the three Baudelaire children.

1) What are the differences between them? What are the similarities?

2) Did the children forgive Josephine for her actions? What makes you think so?

3) Why did or didn't the children forgive her?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Explain Josephine's personality.

1) Did she give any indication that she truly cared for the children? If so what?

2) Did she give the children over because of her fear or because she was selfish? explain.

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