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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Klaus say the school motto translates to?
(a) Run, run while you can
(b) Remember you will die
(c) Death to all who enter here
(d) It's to late to turn back

2. Who does the narrator say is the hero of the story?
(a) Klaus
(b) Violet
(c) The Baudelaire children
(d) Carmelita Spats

3. What is NOT said that Count Olaf has done to the children?
(a) Nasty phone calls
(b) Hitting them
(c) Poison
(d) Atrocious cooking

4. What does Principal Nero say he only has time for?
(a) Taking care of the Baudelaire orphans
(b) The violin
(c) Looking after the computer
(d) Being a principal

5. What does Mr. Poe say about the word 'cakesniffer'?
(a) It sounds rude
(b) It makes him hungry
(c) He asks how to spell it
(d) It is charming

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nero say the children have to have in order to live in the dormitory?

2. What is coming out from between the brick sidewalk the Baudelaire children are standing on?

3. What did Klaus read about that helps him translate the school motto?

4. How long do the violin recitals that Principal Nero gives each night last?

5. What does Mr. Poe say that there is at the school to keep Count Olaf away?

(see the answer key)

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