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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. What does Violet tell Klaus he is being while Klaus is going over the note Aunt Josephine left?

2. Who does Violet say the person on the phone was asking for?

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

4. What does Sunny get as a gift from Aunt Josephine?

5. What does Mr. Poe say the children should respect?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the library as it is seen for the first time in Chapter 2.

2. Describe the children and Aunt Josephine's trip to town in Chapter 3.

3. What is said between the children in the beginning of Chapter 5 when they have an argument?

4. Describe what happens in Chapter six when Klaus looks at Aunt Josephine's suicide note again just before they leave to go meet Captain Sham.

5. What does Mr. Poe say about the children letting their imaginations run away with them?

6. Describe Josephine's house as the children first see it in Chapter 1.

7. Describe the way that Aunt Josephine shows the children around the house?

8. What does the letter say that the children find on the door from Aunt Josephine?

9. Describe the scene in Chapter 4 where Violet answers the phone.

10. What does Aunt Josephine correct on Captain Sham's business card?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Look at the motivators for Count Olaf.

1) Does his motivation seem to come more from a desire for money, power, or some other theme? Explain your answer and give examples.

2) How could these motivators be used as a good characteristic rather than a bad?

Essay Topic 2

Look at the characteristics of the three Baudelaire children.

1) What are the differences between them? What are the similarities?

2) Did the children forgive Josephine for her actions? What makes you think so?

3) Why did or didn't the children forgive her?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the love for Grammar that Josephine has.

1) Was there any indication early on in the story that her love for correcting grammar would be a down fall for Josephine?

2) Why is it significant that it is this love of correcting grammar that seems to get her killed?

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