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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. When Violet tells Klaus that he should go to bed, what is Klaus' response?
(a) Yes, Ma'am
(b) Whatever you say, Boss
(c) Yes, Sir
(d) Sure, Violet

2. Where are the children expected to work every day?
(a) The bank
(b) The optomitrist's office
(c) The mill
(d) The post office

3. What is the foreman's name?
(a) Flacutono
(b) Talfunco
(c) Flatucono
(d) Lacflutono

4. The guardian tells the children that they must work in the mill until who comes of age?
(a) Klaus
(b) Charles
(c) Sunny
(d) Violet

5. What is Phil's attitude toward Klaus' strange disappearance and behavior upon returning?
(a) Optimistic
(b) Confused
(c) Pessimistic
(d) Slightly concerned

Short Answer Questions

1. The children have been lulled into a state of complacency by the absence of whom?

2. the foreman wakes everyone by banging two what together?

3. The foreman demands that Violet and Sunny pick up what he drops, while Klaus does what?

4. What body parts do Sunny use to work that the other children do not use?

5. Klaus is surprised that there is what in such a small town?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the three children, briefly.

2. How is foreshadowing used in chapter two?

3. Describe the town of Paltryville.

4. What observations can you make about Foreman Flacutono's actions in chapter 5?

5. Do you think it was right for Mr. Poe to leave the children alone at the station in Paltryville? Why or why not?

6. Do you think the library will affect the rest of the story? Why or why not?

7. What do you think about the girls staring at the drawing of a window, while waiting for Klaus?

8. What is the guardian of the children described as being like up to the end of chapter 4?

9. Describe the routine at the mill and how it affects the children.

10. Describe the first day of work for the children.

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