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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 does Sunny suggest they do to escape from the elevator shaft?
(a) That they drop down to the bottom.
(b) That they call for help.
(c) That they use the net to escape.
(d) That she use her teeth to climb up.

2. When the Baudelaires arrive at the In Auction, what lot are the people bidding on?
(a) Lot #49.
(b) Lot #5.
(c) Lot #46.
(d) Lot #50.

3. Who is seated by Gunther at the small stage at the In Auction?
(a) Jerome.
(b) The doorman.
(c) Mr. Poe.
(d) Esme.

4. What bothers the children about Esme's demeanor as they head to the In Auction?
(a) That she is not discussing what's "in."
(b) That she is annoyed.
(c) That she is taking them and not Jerome.
(d) That she is so calm.

5. With what does Klaus poke the walls of the passageway?
(a) His finger.
(b) A book.
(c) A stick.
(d) Fire tongs.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Violet's idiosyncrasy?

2. Why do the Baudelaire children not feel better when they find Jerome at the In Auction?

3. How does Violet propose to free the Quagmires from their cage?

4. Where does Klaus believe the passageway has placed them under?

5. What does Klaus realize about the elevators in the apartment building and the penthouse?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is odd about the doorman making bids at the In Auction?

2. The gentleman at the Baudelaire mansion fire claims that the site is haunted. What is the significance of him calling the Baudelaire ghosts?

3. How are Count Olaf and Esme Squalor alike?

4. What is the importance of the doorman winning the big, red scarlet fish statue?

5. How does Violet plan to rescue the Quagmires from their cage?

6. Why does Esme continue to insist that Gunther left the penthouse apartment?

7. What does Klaus mean when he tells Violet the time wasn't ripe for her invention?

8. What is Count Olaf's plan to move Quagmires out of the city and to get his hands on their sapphires?

9. During the Baudelaires' climb back up to the penthouse, they are encased in darkness. What is symbolic about their climb in the shadowy dark?

10. Why is moving down the ersatz rope more difficult the second time for the Baudelaires?

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