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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What can the orphans hear from behind the doors on each floor?
(a) Arguing.
(b) Crying.
(c) Whispering.
(d) The noises of people who lived in the building.

2. Who is the oldest of the Baudelaire orphans?
(a) Sunny.
(b) Tammy.
(c) Klaus.
(d) Violet.

3. According to the narrator, what would you probably see at the front of a chemistry class?
(a) A table of elements.
(b) A teacher desk.
(c) A chalkboard.
(d) A projector.

4. Which character is dressed in black riding boots, a pinstriped suit, and a monocle?
(a) Count Olaf.
(b) The doorman.
(c) Jerome.
(d) Esme.

5. What does Klaus hope his new guardians will have for him when he gets to the apartment?
(a) A separate bedroom.
(b) Food.
(c) Interesting books.
(d) Flowers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Mrs. Squalor want to adopt the children?

2. Why does the narrator state the dictionary is more pleasant than reading this book?

3. According to the narrator, which element would not be found in a chemistry class?

4. What does Esme suggest to Gunther should be auctioned off at the In Auction?

5. While climbing the staircase, Violet recalls what event that her parents attended that made them extremely tired?

(see the answer key)

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