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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What instrument do the children hear when they are standing outside Nero's office?
(a) Guitar
(b) Flute
(c) Violin
(d) Tuba

2. What does Carmelita Spats call the Baudelaire children?
(a) Cakesniffers
(b) Flea bags
(c) Mole rats
(d) Orphans

3. What is Mrs. Bass obsessed with?
(a) Rulers
(b) Metric system
(c) Her hair
(d) Fractions

4. What reason does Count Olaf torment the Baudelaire children?
(a) Revenge
(b) Their money
(c) He is insane
(d) He hates kids

5. What happened to the old gym teacher and required them to find a replacement?
(a) They have been unable to find her
(b) Got hit by a bus
(c) Fell out of a third story window
(d) Fell off a boat

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

7. What does the narrator explain about Prufrock Preparatory School in its current state?
(a) It is used as a prison
(b) It was destroyed in a fire
(c) It is an old folks home
(d) It is closed

8. What is it that Klaus likes to do best?
(a) Read
(b) Sing
(c) Hike
(d) Swim

9. What is Sunny biting while the children listen to Principal Nero's sonata?
(a) Shoe
(b) Pencil
(c) Arm rest
(d) Ball

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

11. What does Mrs. Bass NOT have the children measure?
(a) Picture frame
(b) Rug
(c) Frying pan
(d) Skeleton of a cat

12. What does Principal Nero say Sunny will be doing at Prufrock Prep?
(a) Working in the kitchen
(b) Staying in the nursery
(c) Cleaning out the horse stables
(d) Working as secretary

13. Who does Principal Nero say that Duncan Quagmire is?
(a) Violet's boyfriend
(b) Carmelita Spats' best friend
(c) A liar
(d) A thief

14. What is coming out from between the brick sidewalk the Baudelaire children are standing on?
(a) Weeds
(b) Dandelions
(c) Mud
(d) Dark moss

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the children have to eat with their hands when they went on a picnic with their parents and forgot the silverware?

2. What is Principal Nero's tie decorated with?

3. What would the children rather look at than anything else when they first arrive at Prufrock Preparatory School?

4. Where do the children find a fungus growing in the shack?

5. In class what does Carmelita whisper in Violet's ear when she pokes her and causes Violet to loose her concentration?

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