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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 Isadora offer to give Carmelita after the message has been delivered?

2. What reason does Count Olaf torment the Baudelaire children?

3. What does Carmelita tell the children it is traditional to give a special messenger?

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

5. What does Mr. Remora constantly eat?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do the children do when Coach Genghis walks into the office and says that he might really be Count Olaf in disguise?

2. What does the narrator say about the current state of the school and what happened to it after the Baudelaire children left?

3. Describe Violet's class in room one with Mr. Remora.

4. Explain the narrator's discussion about triptychs and the one he has and the one he would make to signify the Baudelaire children.

5. What do the children explain to Principal Nero is the reason that they have come to see him?

6. What does Principal Nero tell the children about his life and being principal?

7. What is the explanation that the narrator gives the expression "Mountain out of a Molehill" in Chapter 3?

8. What does Carmelita Spats tell the Baudelaire children in the cafeteria in Chapter 6?

9. What does Nero tell the children while describing the shack they will be living in?

10. What do the Quagmire children tell the Baudelaire children that they will do in regards to Count Olaf in Chapter 5?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why do the Quagmires insist on being called triplets even though their brother is dead, leaving only the two of them?

Is it more appropriate to call them twins than triplets? Explain your answers.

Essay Topic 2

Look at the behavior of Principal Nero.

1) Why does he insist on mocking the children?

2) Why does he raise their hopes about the dormitory before telling them they will live in the shack?

3) Why did he laugh at the children before they left?

Essay Topic 3

Emotions run high in the story.

1) Explain the emotions and the role that they play in the story.

2) In what way do the Baudelaire children and the Quagmire children mirror real life children emotionally given the situation. In what ways are they different?

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