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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What reason does Mr. Poe give to explain Count Olaf's busy schedule?
(a) He is an actor
(b) He is a traveling salesman
(c) He does charity work
(d) He just got out of jail

2. Why does Mr. Poe say that the Baudelaires' parents most likely never invited Count Olaf over?
(a) Their parents wanted to keep him a surprise
(b) Count Olaf was busy
(c) They hated dinner parties
(d) Count Olaf was excentric

3. Why did Klaus choose not to tell Violet that he had smuggled a book out of the library?
(a) He didn't want to give her false hope
(b) He was afraid she would make him put it back
(c) They didn't have a chance to talk in private
(d) He didn't want her to get in trouble

4. Where does Mr. Poe tell the children they can contact him?
(a) With a phone
(b) Through Count Olaf
(c) The bank
(d) His house

5. What do the children say that they have been unable to find in Count Olaf's home?
(a) A cooking pot
(b) A mop
(c) A washing machine
(d) A book

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sunny do while Violet and Klaus are packing their clothes?

2. What does Mr. Poe do that keeps him from hearing Violet explain that Klaus has been struck by Count Olaf?

3. What do the children see on the wall when they step into Count Olaf's house?

4. What is Justice Strauss holding when she first meets the Baudelaire children?

5. What is the only decoration in the children's room?

(see the answer key)

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