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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 wakes up Count Olaf's accomplice?

2. What do the children begin to do while steering the sail boat?

3. What does Violet take with her to the restaurant?

4. What sign do the children see as they get to the Fickle Ferry docks?

5. Why do the children say Aunt Josephine has a chance?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the scene at the end of Chapter 12 where the Baudelaire children, Captain Sham, and Mr. Poe are having their argument.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

1) What plots or events are left unanswered in this story and left to the next books in the series?

2) How would it have changed the book if the events had come to a close at the end of this story?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Aunt Josephine leaves a hidden message in a note for the children rather than protecting them or calling the police.

1) What does this say about her character?

2) What other methods could she have used to have hidden a message for the children?

3) Why did the author use a hidden message for Josephine? What did it accomplish in the story?

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