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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During their first few days with the Squalors, whom do the Baudelaires scarcely see?
(a) Jerome Squalor.
(b) Esme Squalor.
(c) Sunny.
(d) Mr. Poe.

2. According to Jerome, what is a xenophobe?
(a) A person who is afraid of eyebrows.
(b) A person who is afraid of spiders.
(c) A person who is afraid of salmon.
(d) A person who is afraid of foreigners.

3. According to the narrator, when is the best time for thinking?
(a) In the afternoon.
(b) In the morning.
(c) After a nap.
(d) In the evening.

4. According to the narrator, which element would not be found in a chemistry class?
(a) Gold.
(b) Money.
(c) The element of surprise.
(d) Silver.

5. When Jerome and the children arrive back home from their dinner at Café Salmonella, what does the doorman tell them is now "in"?
(a) Ocean decorating.
(b) Elevators.
(c) Painting.
(d) Salmon.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Mr. Squalor, who did he hike up Mount Fraught with?

2. What is one of the things the Baudelaire children are afraid has happened since Gunther arrived?

3. According to the narrator, what does Mr. Poe always have?

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

5. What is at the curve of the staircase on each floor?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is revealed about Esme when she comments that orphans are so "in" they ought to be in the In Auction?

2. What is the significance of the trees that once made Dark Avenue "dark" being cut down once "light" is in?

3. What is significant about the Squalor library and its inventory?

4. What role does the scene at Café Salmonella play in the overall plot of the story?

5. Why do the Baudelaire children lie about whether they are interested in or enjoy their presents from Esme?

6. What is the importance of the Baudelaire orphans' new guardians being named Squalor?

7. Why do the Baudelaire children feel they sound "hopelessly spoiled" when discussing how disappointed they are with their pinstripe suit gifts from Esme?

8. Why don't Esme and Jerome Squalor believe the children that Gunther is really Count Olaf?

9. Why does Esme reject her husband's idea to give the In Auction money to a good cause?

10. What is the significance of the doorman telling the Baudelaire children and Jerome they can't go up to the penthouse until Gunther comes down?

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