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Question #7
Due to their house being destroyed, the Baudelaire children had to "recuperate" form their terrible loss at Mr. Poe's house.
What does "recuperate" mean in this context?
Question #1
What was Olaf expecting for dinner?
Question #7
Mr. Poe ushers the children out of his office "posthaste."
What does "posthaste" mean?
Question #1
Locate in the book where Lemony Snicket talks about law books being notorious for being very long, very dull and very difficult to read.
What does "notorious" mean in this context?
Question #9
Were there any words that weren't clear to you?
Question #5
Violet had made a grappling hook, which is something used for climbing up the sides of buildings, usually for a "nefarious purpose."
What does "nefarious" mean in this context?
Chapter 11
Select the three items that are dear and precious to Count Olaf.
What image was drawn, painted and carved all over Count Olaf's tower room?
What does "deplorable" mean in this context?
What does "fiendish" mean in this context?
Violet thinks that there is truly no way out of their predicament.
What does "predicament" mean in this context?
What is the main idea of this chapter?
In one movement, the hook–handed man "hoisted" Violet into the tower room.
What does "hoisted" mean in this context?
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?
Question #3
Violet Baudelaire had a talent for inventing and building devices.
What would the device do that she thought of building while visiting Briny Beach?