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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. What word does Gunther continue to use incorrectly?
(a) Hello.
(b) Welcome.
(c) Thank you.
(d) Please.

2. Why does the narrator state that the streets sounded like fish?
(a) The streets are rigged with fish sounds.
(b) Fish live there and make noises.
(c) Fish noises are played throughout the day.
(d) The pavement is always wet from the sea breeze.

3. What does Violet do the morning after Gunther arrives to help her think?
(a) She sits at her workbench and ties her hair up.
(b) She plays with Sunny.
(c) She goes back to sleep.
(d) She ties up her hair and eats cookies.

4. When the Baudelaire children reach the Squalor penthouse apartment, what does the person who answers the door wear?
(a) Jogging pants.
(b) A dress.
(c) A pinstripe suit.
(d) A robe.

5. Who are the orphans' new guardians?
(a) Mr. and Mrs. Dark.
(b) Mr. and Mrs. Squalor.
(c) Mr. and Mrs. Green.
(d) Mr. and Mrs. Smith.

Short Answer Questions

1. During dinner at Café Salmonella, what makes the Baudelaire children lose their appetites?

2. What is Mr. Poe's job description?

3. Each morning, who takes the children to places in town?

4. According to Mr. Squalor, what is one thing the children can do to save breath?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is it important to know that Jerome Squalor could have adopted the Baudelaire children earlier but did not because orphans were not "in"?

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

3. Why doesn't Jerome continue to stand up for the children against Esme when he obviously notices they are alarmed at Gunther's appearance?

4. What is ironic about Sunny saying "Hansel" and "Gretel" when the children are trying to come up with a way to search the penthouse and not get lost?

5. Why does Violet stop arguing with Esme about Gunther's true identity?

6. What is the importance of the Baudelaire orphans' friends being named Quagmire?

7. What does the Squalor's apartment say about their lives and their character?

8. What is symbolic of Jerome sliding down the stairs and his laughter growing fainter the further he descends?

9. Why does the narrator compare the Baudelaire children's experience at the Squalor's house as a mixed bag?

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

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