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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Violet tell her siblings to meet her once they reach the top of the ersatz rope?
(a) Her bedroom.
(b) The kitchen.
(c) The elevator shaft.
(d) The library.

2. What is the doorman gluing to the elevator door?
(a) An anchor.
(b) A piece of salmon.
(c) A lock.
(d) A wooden starfish.

3. What does Violet tell her siblings she wants them to search the penthouse for?
(a) Saw.
(b) Blankets.
(c) Long, slender iron objects.
(d) Food.

4. How many windows are in the Squalor penthouse, according to the narrator?
(a) 949.
(b) 849.
(c) 83.
(d) 498.

5. Throughout Chapter 6, who do the children spend the morning searching the penthouse for?
(a) Gunther.
(b) The Quagmires.
(c) Jerome.
(d) Mr. Poe.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the one thing Violet cannot find in her bedroom at the Squalor's penthouse apartment?

2. What can the orphans hear from behind the doors on each floor?

3. According to the narrator, what does the phrase "dwarfed by comparison" not have to deal with?

4. What does Duncan try to tell Violet in his notebook?

5. According to Violet, which of their former guardians would have enjoyed eating salad?

(see the answer key)

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