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Question #10

Were there any words that weren't clear to you?

Is there anything in this book that is still not clear?

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Think about what strategies worked (and didn't work) for you this time. How can you do well next time?

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Chapter 12

As Violet and Klaus were rushed out to begin Act Three of "The Marvelous Marriage", the backstage area was in complete pandemonium.

What does the word "pandemonium" mean in this context?

Find in chapter 12 where Klaus and Violet talk to Judge Strauss about reading her lines from the law book.

What do Violet and Klaus suggest Judge Strauss do?

What prop did Count Olaf tell Judge Strauss to bring to make the play as realistic as possible?

Lemony Snicket described The Marvelous Marriage as in "insipid" play.

What does the word "insipid" mean in this context?

During The Marvelous Marriage, various actors and actresses performed very dull "dialogue."

What does the word "dialogue" mean in this context?

When Violet and Klaus arrive at the theater it seemed too late to do anything to "foil" Count Olaf's plan.

What does the word "foil" mean in this context?

Find where Violet and Klaus stood in the pajamas backstage at Count Olaf's theater. It says they were "filled with dread."

What does "dread" mean in this context?

At the end of Act Two, Count Olaf strode to the exact center of the stage and took "elaborate bows" as the curtain came up.

What does "elaborate" mean in this context?

What is the main idea of this chapter?

Were there any words that weren't clear to you?

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Question #2

How did Violet outsmart Count Olaf?





Please enter the first three words of a sentence that shows your answers is correct.

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Question #3

Mr. Poe states that the marriage of Count Olaf and Violet "is absolutely horrendous."

What does the word "horrendous" mean in this context?





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Question #4

"If you like," Violet said, "I shall be happy to sign my name again, on a separate sheet of paper, with my right hand and then with my left. Then we can see which signature the one on the document most resembles."

What does the word "resembles" mean in this context?





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Question #5

When the lights came back on in the theater, who was missing?





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Question #6

Where did the Baudelaire children go to stay the night after Count Olaf escaped?

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Question #7

The car drove farther and farther away, until Justice Strauss was merely a speck in the darkness, and it seemed to the children that they were moving in an aberrant direction.

What does the word "aberrant" mean in this context?