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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. The foreman first calls the children what?
(a) Midgets
(b) New recruits
(c) Scaliwags
(d) Dwarves
2. What is the name of the Count mentioned in the story?
(a) Ooky
(b) Orville
(c) Ofal
(d) Olaf
3. The children are quickly dismissed so that Sir can do what?
(a) Make a phone call
(b) Watch television
(c) Read the paper
(d) Eat lunch
4. Why doesn't Charles hear the children protesting Klaus leaving?
(a) There is a loud crash outside the mill
(b) The Foreman is yelling over the sound of the children
(c) The mill machinery is too loud
(d) The telephone rings
5. What lines the street of the town?
(a) Trees
(b) People
(c) Newspapers
(d) Bottles and cans
6. Which of the following is not a book found in the library?
(a) The Building of the Bank
(b) The Paltryville Constitution
(c) Advanced Ocular Science
(d) The History of the Lucky Smells Lumbermill
7. The sign for the lumbermill is made out of what unusual material?
(a) Newspaper
(b) Teeth
(c) String
(d) Gum
8. What must be done to the pieces of timber on the first day?
(a) Painting
(b) Debarking
(c) Cutting into even lengths
(d) Sanding
9. The guardian tells the children to call him what?
(a) Father
(b) Sir
(c) Dad
(d) Master
10. Dinner was described as what?
(a) Lumpy
(b) Moldy
(c) Blue
(d) Green
11. How do the children handle the news that they will be working?
(a) They complain
(b) They telephone Poe for help
(c) They run away
(d) They agree to make the best of it
12. Although the girls are happy that Klaus has returned, they are upset by what?
(a) Klaus disappearing a second time
(b) The Foreman putting them back to work as soon as Klaus returns
(c) The Foreman keeping them from seeing Klaus
(d) Klaus' strange behavior
13. When the children ask their guardian's name, what does Poe tell them?
(a) The name is unpronouncable
(b) Philip
(c) Billy
(d) John
14. The children notice a building painted to look like what body part?
(a) Arm
(b) Ear
(c) Nose
(d) Eye
15. When Violet tells Klaus that he should go to bed, what is Klaus' response?
(a) Sure, Violet
(b) Whatever you say, Boss
(c) Yes, Ma'am
(d) Yes, Sir
Short Answer Questions
1. The foreman wears a mask that obscures all of his face except for what?
2. The guardian tells the children that they must work in the mill until who comes of age?
3. Where will the children be sleeping, when they aren't at work?
4. What is the guardian's preferred method of communication?
5. The children are traveling by what method of transportation, as the book opens?
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