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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 is Sunny's job on the sailboat?

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

3. What does the narrator say that Count Olaf's accomplice held Sunny up like?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What do the children realize after the storm has passed and they are on the lake?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

1) Why does Mr. Poe and Josephine refuse to listen to the children about Captain Sham?

2) What does this convey to the reader about the author's point of view?

Essay Topic 2

There are a lot of dire situations in the story and it appears that Josephine dies after abandoning the children.

1) Is this book appropriate for younger audiences? Why or why not?

2) Did the death of Josephine influence your decision in any way?

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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