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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What color is the carpet and bed spreads in the Baudelaires' bedroom?
(a) White
(b) Blue
(c) Sea foam green
(d) Red

2. What does the narrator say that he can tell the reader?
(a) Aunt Josephine isn't dead
(b) Mr. Poe won't be any help
(c) They are in far worse danger than Aunt Josephine
(d) The worst is yet to come

3. What do the children have for dinner their first night in Josephine's house?
(a) Pimento loaf
(b) Pizza
(c) Cold soup
(d) Sandwitches

4. Who is on their way to the children since Aunt Josephine is dead?
(a) The coroner
(b) Captain Sham
(c) The police
(d) Mr. Poe

5. What is Violet's greatest joy in life?
(a) Writing
(b) Cutting hair
(c) Arithmatic
(d) Reading

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Aunt Josephine tell Captain Sham the children seem to have lost along with their grammar?

2. What does Captain Sham hand Josephine?

3. What is Josephine's house attached to the hill by?

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

5. How do the Baudelaire children and Aunt Josephine get to town in Chapter 3?

(see the answer key)

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