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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 Klaus say he wished he knew more about and wants to get a book on?

2. What kind of dish do the children decide on for Count Olaf and his troop?

3. What does Violet suggest they go to Justice Strauss' house for?

4. What do the children say that they have been unable to find in Count Olaf's home?

5. What does Justice Strauss do that immediately puts Violet at ease?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the children's response to Count Olaf when they first meet?

2. In Chapter 3 after Klaus and Violet think about their parents what does Klaus suddenly begin yelling?

3. What does a normal day entail for the children at Count Olaf's house as described early on in Chapter 3?

4. In Chapter 6 what is the children's response to the breakfast that Count Olaf makes?

5. What events do the children remember while talking about Violet burning the toast in Chapter 3?

6. How does Count Olaf's house look when the children first see it?

7. What do Count's guests say when they find that Count is disciplining the children?

8. Describe how the story of the Baudelaire children is introduced.

9. What is Violet doing while she is standing on the beach in Chapter 1?

10. How does Mr. Poe treat the children while they are trying to talk to him in Chapter 5?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the relationships between Sunny and Klaus. Violet and Sunny, Klaus and Violet.

In what ways are they typical siblings? In what ways are they atypical?

Essay Topic 2

Take a closer look at Justice Strauss.

1) Why did she take to the children so quickly? Why did she offer to come let them live with her?

2) Why did the children not try to tell her about how they were being treated? Would she have believed them?

Essay Topic 3

Why is the symbol of an eye chosen to be used in Count Olaf's house and on his ankle? What does this image convey to the children? To the reader?

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