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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 NOT say that she will do in order to disappear?

2. What does Mr. Poe say that Captain Sham will have to do before the children will be put into his care?

3. What does Captain Sham say the Baudelaire children will be in just a few short hours

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

5. What does Klaus continue to do while they sail across the lake?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. Describe the scene when the Baudelaire children first arrive back at Josephine's house in the beginning of Chapter 8.

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

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

10. Describe how the children sail the boat in Chapter 10.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Count Olaf is very prideful. Discuss pride. In what other ways does pride show itself as a factor for events or characters in the story? Compare Olaf to another prideful character in a book that you have read.

Essay Topic 2

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 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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