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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What present does Violet get from Aunt Josephine?
(a) A dolly
(b) An inventor's kit
(c) Make-up
(d) A sewing kit

2. What does Violet offer to do to make Josephine feel better about the Telephone?
(a) Throw it out the window
(b) Show her how it works
(c) Built one out of rubber
(d) Put in another ground wire

3. What is Josephine afraid will happen if the doorknobs are touched?
(a) You will sprain your wrist
(b) The door will fall on you
(c) You will get a blister
(d) They will shatter

4. What is Josephine afraid the telephone holds a threat off?
(a) Electricution
(b) Brain cancer
(c) Finger cramping
(d) Stranglation

5. What is Josephine's house attached to the hill by?
(a) Metal stilts
(b) Wood trusses
(c) Ropes and lattices
(d) Sheer luck

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Sunny's greatest joy in life?

2. What does Josephine say is her greatest joy in life?

3. What does Josephine say that the tin cans in the room are for?

4. What color is the carpet and bed spreads in the Baudelaires' bedroom?

5. Why don't the Baudelaire children eat the candy given to them by Mr. Poe?

(see the answer key)

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