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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. Who says that they will sneak the children food the next day?

2. Remembering a fishing expedition he once took with his parents, Klaus recalls the process of what?

3. While in the library, Violet hears what in the mill?

4. Who do the children think is really the Count in disguise?

5. Violet wishes that who would be there to help with her research?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the process of how Violet finds the answer in the library and what is the answer that she finds?

2. What realization does Klaus make on the way to the eye doctor for the second time? Also, why doesn't that realization help him at the time?

3. Who do you think is the hero of the battle in chapter 12 and why?

4. What is known so far about Count Olaf and which people in the story he is working with?

5. Describe the machine Klaus runs, in chapter 7, and the process involved.

6. How does Violet handle confronting the count and do you agree or disagree with her reaction.

7. How do Phil's attitude and the Foreman's attitude about the stamp machine incident contrast?

8. How does Violet realize what the secret word to completely release Klaus from his trance is and when does she use it?

9. Describe Klaus' odd behavior, in chapter 7 as a whole and how the Foreman reacts to it at the end of the chapter. What might everything all together indicate?

10. How does Count Olaf's plan start to come together at the end of chapter 11?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast Sir and Count Olaf. Which one treats the children worse and why? Use at least three examples from the story to back yourself up. Do either of them have any positive features? Give examples of positive things the characters do in the story to make them seem more human.

Essay Topic 2

In the book, the children are basically enslaved in the mill by Sir and the Foreman.

1. If you were in the children's position, would you have tried to escape. If so, when and how. If not, why not?

2. Do you think that modern day children are still enslaved in some ways? Why or why not? If so, in what ways?

Essay Topic 3

Klaus is one of the primary focal points in the story.

1. What is Klaus like in the beginning of the book?

2. Do you think that it added to the story to have Klaus hypnotized for most of the book, or do you think it took away from the story because his character wasn't really fully defined?

Use several examples from the story to back up your responses.

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