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At the beginning of chapter 10, Klaus was too tired and "despondent" to speak.

What does "despondent" mean in this context?

Violet gathered up the curtains to take to comfort Sunny. Violet was turned away at the door. Besides comforting Sunny, what else did Violet want to do in the room?

Violet spent the night inventing a device to rescue Sunny. Which three items listed below did they use to build the device?

Violet has many skills and knows many things.

What does she have a vast knowledge of different types of what?

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?

Read the section of chapter 10 where Violet used her grappling hook to try to rescue Sunny. Lemony Snicket narrates that thanks to Violet's "adroit" inventing skills everything worked the way it was supposed to work.

What does "adroit" mean in this context?

Violet threw the grappling hook again and again.

What did Violet's grappling hook finally catch on?

"Even though Count Olaf was of course the cause of all this misery, Violet felt as if she had broken her promise to her parents, and vowed to make it right."

What does "misery" mean in this context?

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

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?

Lemony Snickets writes "'…there is something illegal about dangling an infant out of a tower window,' Justice Strauss said indignantly."

What does "indignantly" mean in this context?

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

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

Find in the book where the children visit Justice Strauss's library.

What recipe did they find to make for Count Olaf's dinner party?

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

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

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

Count Olaf wants the Baudelaire children to participate in his next play.

What is the name of the play?

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?

Locate in the chapter where Lemony Snicket talks about the Baudelaire children having an incentive for reading the long, dull and difficult books.

What is the Baudelaire children's incentive?

Find in the book where Judge Strauss is excited about performing in Count Olaf's play. Klaus says that Judge Strauss is "stagestruck".

What does "stagestruck" mean in this context?

What did Klaus smuggle from Judge Strauss' house?

Klaus is talking with the man that has hooks instead of hands in Judge Strauss' library.

How did the man with hooks talk to Klaus?

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

What is the main idea of this chapter?

As Violet looked around the tower room, she saw objects that were very dear and precious to Count Olaf.

Select the three items that are dear and precious to Count Olaf.

candles

flowers

accordion

lightbulbs