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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What kind of dessert do the children have at Café Salmonella?
2. How old is the oldest Baudelaire orphan?
3. During the first few days in the penthouse, what happens once the Baudelaire children return to the penthouse?
4. What does Esme Squalor do for a living?
5. When the Baudelaire children reach the Squalor penthouse apartment, who answers the door?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is significant about the Squalor library and its inventory?
2. What is revealed about Esme's character when she says, "Quickly, before anybody sees that this apartment is still dark!"
3. What is the importance of the Baudelaire orphans' friends being named Quagmire?
4. Why does Violet stop arguing with Esme about Gunther's true identity?
5. What does the pinstripe suits being too big illustrate about Esme Squalor?
6. Why do the Baudelaire children feel they sound "hopelessly spoiled" when discussing how disappointed they are with their pinstripe suit gifts from Esme?
7. What is the importance of the Baudelaire orphans' new guardians being named Squalor?
8. What is revealed about Esme when she comments that orphans are so "in" they ought to be in the In Auction?
9. What does the narrator mean when he states "...like caramel candy, strawberry yogurt, and liquid carpet cleaner, if you eat too much of it you are not going to enjoy your meal"?
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?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The doorman mentions to Klaus that every problem has a solution. Select three problems from "The Ersatz Elevator" and write the solutions used in the story. Discuss whether you think the solutions are effective. Use examples from the text to support your answer.
Essay Topic 2
How does the author's use of puns develop the characterization of the narrator? Use examples from the text to support your answer.
Essay Topic 3
How is irony used throughout the novel? Cite different examples of irony and describe whether the use of irony is effective (or not effective) to the overall storyline. Use examples from the text to support your answer.
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