The Bad Beginning Test
A test for the book The Bad Beginning by Lemony Snicket.
- 1.What does Violet almost do when she sees the figure walking towards them on the beach?
- A.
Yells for the police
- B.
Throws a rock
- C.
Runs
- D.
Hides
- 2.In Chapter 1, who tells the Baudelaires that their parents have died in a fire?
- A.
Justice Strauss
- B.
No one
- C.
Count Olaf
- D.
Mr. Poe
- 3.What does Violet do just before she gets ready to start thinking of an invention?
- A.
Starts chewing on her nails
- B.
Exercises
- C.
Pulls her hair back
- D.
Puts on her glasses
- 4.In Ch. 2, what are Mr. Poe’s children called?
- A.
Beverley and Elliot
- B.
Mr. Poe doesn’t have children
- C.
Edgar and Albert
- 5.In Chapter 3, what does Count Olaf use instead of a signature?
- A.
Eye
- B.
Ear
- C.
Nose
- D.
A regular signature
- 6.3. What does Sunny do to Justice Strauss?
- A.
Hits her with a pan
- B.
Bites her hard
- C.
Kicks her
- D.
Bites her gently
- 7.In Chapter 4, what do the children cook Count Olaf’s theater troupe?
- A.
Nothing
- B.
Lasagna
- C.
Puttanesca sauce
- D.
Coconut Cream cake
- 8.What does Mr. Poe do that keeps him from hearing Violet explain that Klaus has been struck by Count Olaf?
- A.
Coughs
- B.
Sneezes
- C.
Answers a phone
- D.
Talks at the same time she does
- 9.In Ch. 6, what does Count Olaf put in their oatmeal?
- A.
Nothing
- B.
Cherries
- C.
Strawberries
- D.
Raspberries
- 10.In Chapter 7, whose library do the children visit?
- A.
Justice Strauss’s library
- B.
Uncle Monty’s library
- C.
Charles's library
- D.
Mr. Poe’s library
- 11.What image wakes Klaus up when he begins to have trouble focusing on the book?
- A.
The hooks from the hook-handed man
- B.
His parents dying
- C.
The white faced ladies
- D.
Count Olaf hiting him
- 12.In Ch.9, what does Violet see Sunny is being held in?
- A.
Straight jacket
- B.
Dog house
- C.
Wooden box
- D.
Bird cage hanging out of a window
- 13.Who does Violet find in the room waiting when she finally reaches Sunny?
- A.
Count Olaf
- B.
Mr. Poe
- C.
The hook handed man
- D.
Justice Strauss
- 14.What does Violet use to make her grappling hook in Chapter 10?
- A.
A curtain rod and itchy clothing
- B.
She didn’t use a grappling hook.
- C.
She bought a grappling hook.
- D.
A curtain rod and a net
- 15.In Ch. 8, how many times does the author say the sentence: “He found himself reading the same sentence over and over”?
- A.
4 times
- B.
3 times
- C.
1 time
- D.
2 times
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