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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 is Aunt Josephine afraid the door mat could do?

2. What does Mr. Poe say is a very serious charge?

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

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

5. What does Captain Sham hand Josephine?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is said in Chapter 6 when Klaus says the note has been forged?

2. Describe what Klaus says in the beginning of Chapter 5 about the note that Aunt Josephine wrote.

3. Describe how the Baudelaire children keep things in perspective in Chapter 3.

4. Describe the scene in Chapter 1 when Mr. Poe hands the children the bag of candies.

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

6. 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.

7. Describe the first meal that the Baudelaire children have in Chapter 2.

8. What disguise is Count Olaf wearing when the children meet him in the store in Chapter 3?

9. What do the children do after Aunt Josephine sends them to their room in Chapter 4?

10. What do the children find when they go into the library after finding the note in Chapter 4?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

1) The children are supposed to be the good characters in the story but they often have actions that are not positive. They lie, such as when Violet is on the phone and says it is wrong number, and they steal such as when the children take the sail boat.

2) Does this change the way the reader views these main characters? Explain why or why not?

Does this influence your view on the level of appropriateness for younger audiences? Why?

Essay Topic 2

1) What lesson or moral did the children learn from Aunt Josephine? Explain your answer.

2) Was this lesson or moral given in a positive way or negative?

Essay Topic 3

1) What is the difference between the adults in the story and the children?

2) Does the difference between the adults and the children make it easier for children to relate to? Explain.

3) Why were the adults unable to see through Count Olaf's disguise?

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