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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 Count Olaf's accomplice pick Violet up by?

2. Why does Klaus say rowing won't help?

3. What does Klaus say the word Ike in Josephine's letter was supposed to be?

4. What do the leeches do when they become frustrated?

5. What wakes up Count Olaf's accomplice?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 3

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?

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