Category: Series of Unfortunate Events

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Question #4

Find the section where Stuart walks to the post office. E. B. White writes, "While he was filling his fountain pen from the public inkwell he happened to glance toward the door and what he saw startled him so that he almost lost his balance and fell into the ink."

Which word means the same as "startled" in this sentence?






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Question #6

Find the section where Stuart imagines being in the canoe with Harriet. E. B. White writes, "With his eyes shut he seemed to see the whole occasion plainly — how she would look when she came down he path to the water, how calm and peaceful the river was going to be in the twilight, how graceful the canoe would seem, drawn up on the shore."

What does "plainly" mean in this sentence?





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8. Margalo

What is this chapter mainly about?

Which new character is introduced in this chapter?

What does Mr. Little always worry about?

Find the sentence in the first paragraph that begins "His father and his mother…."

What does "seldom" mean in this sentence?

Where does Stuart get trapped?

Which animal does Mrs. Little find on the windowsill?

What does Margalo love to do?

Very quickly, Stuart realizes something about Margalo. What does he realize?

Find the section where Stuart is trapped. Then find this sentence, "Stuart shivered, and his teeth chattered together."

What does "chattered together" mean?

What is "the finest thing" Stuart has ever done?

Which two statements about Snowbell are true?

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