View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Esme Squalor do for a living?
(a) She is the most important school teacher.
(b) She is the tenth most important financial advisor.
(c) She is the sixth most important financial advisor.
(d) She is the number one most important financial advisor.

2. According to the narrator, what is one good part of the Baudelaires' living with the Squalors?
(a) The Baudelaires are with two wealthy adults.
(b) The Baudelaires are back in the city where they were born.
(c) The Baudelaires are healthier.
(d) The Baudelaires are together.

3. What does Count Olaf have on his ankle?
(a) A bandage.
(b) A blue striped sock.
(c) A cast.
(d) A tattoo of an eye.

4. According to Mr. Squalor, what is one thing the children can do to save breath?
(a) Sit down.
(b) Sip the air.
(c) Sleep.
(d) Call each other by their first names.

5. What is missing on the orphans' new street?
(a) Street signs.
(b) Street lamps.
(c) Cars.
(d) Pavement.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Mr. Squalor, what is his wife most attentive to?

2. How old is the oldest Baudelaire orphan?

3. When the children first meet Mr. Squalor, what does he offer to get them?

4. Jerome finds Klaus a bedroom he thinks will fit his interests, but what's wrong with it?

5. What does Violet hope the new guardians will have for her when she gets to the apartment?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 271 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample