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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why does Mr. Poe tell the children that he can't go with them to Josephine's house?
(a) He has an appointment
(b) He will be late for work
(c) His wife is waiting for him
(d) He has to take his sons to school

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

4. Why don't the Baudelaire children eat the candy given to them by Mr. Poe?
(a) It is wet and moldy
(b) They are allergic
(c) They are too sad
(d) They have low blood sugar

5. What do the children learn has been forecast to hit the lake in a few days?
(a) Flash flood
(b) Tornado
(c) Hail storm
(d) Hurricane

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Aunt Josephine say she will have to teach Sunny?

2. What do the children have for dinner their first night in Josephine's house?

3. What does Klaus wish Mr. Poe had brought him rather than peppermints?

4. What does Mr. Poe give the Baudelaire children?

5. What does Josephine say that Ike, her dead husband, could do?

(see the answer key)

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