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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What present does Klaus get from Aunt Josephine?
(a) Cow boy and indian set
(b) Model cars
(c) Train set
(d) Army men

2. What does Mr. Poe say he hopes isn't getting the best of the children?
(a) Their love for Aunt Josephine
(b) Their imaginations
(c) Their communistic ways
(d) Their hopes and wishes

3. What does Aunt Josephine say that Captain Sham is while they eat dinner in the beginning of Chapter 4?
(a) Charming
(b) Easy to talk to
(c) Tasty
(d) Handsome

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

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

6. What does Mr. Poe say he needs to do in Chapter 6 after discovering that the note was in fact left by Aunt Josephine?
(a) Call the police
(b) Get Josephine's other afairs in order
(c) Take the children home with him
(d) Meet with Captain Sham

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

8. What do the children have for breakfast with Aunt Josephine in the beginning of Chapter 3 when the children are trying to keep things in perspective?
(a) Stale muffins
(b) Cold oatmeal
(c) Dry cereal and water
(d) Orange juice and untoasted bread

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

10. What does Aunt Josephine say that her mother-in-law had in addition to only one eyebrow?
(a) One ear
(b) Eleven toes
(c) Four fingers
(d) Two teeth

11. What does Aunt Josephine say that Klaus is being?
(a) Impertinent
(b) Incongruous
(c) Impossible
(d) Incorrigible

12. Why is Aunt Josephine scared to drive in cars?
(a) She had watched a movie where the car came to life
(b) Doors might get stuck
(c) The exhaust fumes were dangerous
(d) They could blow up

13. What does Captain Sham hand Josephine?
(a) His address
(b) His business card
(c) A cucumber
(d) His phone number

14. What is Klaus' greatest joy in life?
(a) Reading
(b) Not eating Peppermints
(c) Getting away from Count Olaf
(d) Drawing

15. In the letter Aunt Josephine leaves who does she leave the children to?
(a) The local orphanage
(b) Count Olaf
(c) Captain Sham
(d) Mr. Poe

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Violet see that reminds her of Aunt Josephine and how Aunt Josephine had been afraid of it while they go to answer the door?

2. When does Mr. Poe say the children will be at Captain Sham's house?

3. What does Count Olaf say that Violet and Aunt Josephine look like when he first meets Aunt Josephine in Chapter 3?

4. What does Aunt Josephine say is definite proof that Captain Sham isn't Count Olaf?

5. What happens during dinner?

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