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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. Who comes to rescue the children after seeing the fire?

2. How do the children free the sailboat from the dock before the creature gets to them?

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

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

5. What wakes up Count Olaf's accomplice?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What does Captain Sham say to the children when they get into his boat?

8. Describe the invention that Violet makes in Chapter 11 and what it does.

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

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

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

This story has a warning in several places about the fact that it does not end well.

1) Does this influence your desire to read the book?

2) Do you continue to hope for a happy ending or something good to come of the events?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the creature that was Count Olaf's accomplice.

1) Why did this creature never speak?

2) Why aren't the accomplices given names?

3) What does it say about Count Olaf that he has such loyal accomplices for his foul endeavors?

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