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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 Coach Genghis say has never happened despite the fact that he is the world's greatest gym teacher?

2. To tell the size what is it that the Biggest Lasagna Contest winner was compared to?

3. Who saves the Baudelaires from Carmelita Spats in the cafeteria?

4. What does Mr. Poe say about the word 'cakesniffer'?

5. What does Carmelita Spats call the Baudelaire children?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is said about the picnic the children went on with their parents as they recall it in Chapter 6?

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

3. Describe what Violet is thinking about in Chapter 1 as they are walking towards the school for the first time.

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

5. After having discussed Olaf and their plans to unmask him in Chapter 5 what do the children talk about?

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

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

8. What is the description of the Prufrock Prep that is given in Chapter 1 as the children and Mr. Poe look up at it?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

There is a lot of narcissism in regards to Coach Genghis and Principal Nero.

1) At what point does a person's self worth go from healthy to narcissism?

2) Is it better for a person to have low self esteem or be narcissistic? Explain.

Essay Topic 2

The children feel that running away is not an option. Given the people that are watching over the children and the fact that they continually fall into Count Olaf's plans would it have been wrong for them to run away? Explain your answer.

Essay Topic 3

Does reading this book make you want to read the previous in the series? The rest in the series? Explain the reasoning. Does the narrator's explanation that the Baudelaires' story doesn't end well affect your desire to read the other books? Why?

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