Category: rated-5

These questions are just about your opinion.

Do you like the way Lemony Snicket wrote this book?

What do you think will happen to the Baudelaire children as they continue to grow up?

In the opening paragraph, Lemony Snicket states that the Baudelaire children were "extremely unlucky, and most everything that happened to them was rife with misfortune, misery and despair."

What does "rife" mean in this context?

Why did the Baudelaire children not mind going to Briny Beach on a gray and cloudy day?

Violet Baudelaire had a talent for inventing and building devices.

What would the device do that she thought of building while visiting Briny Beach?

Who was walking toward the Baudelaire children on Briny Beach?

Besides losing their parents, what else did Violet, Klaus and Sunny lose in the fire?

Mr. Poe told the Baudelaire children "I am the executor of your parents' estate."

What does Mr. Poe mean?

When Violet was thinking hard she tied her long hair with a ribbon to keep it out of her eyes. She never wanted to be distracted by something as "trivial" as her hair.

What does "trivial" mean in this context?

Which description best summarizes the Baudelaire family at the end of chapter 1?

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

Find in the book where the author writes "even in the worst surrounding the world can be tolerated."

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

What was Olaf expecting for dinner?

Besides olives, garlic, anchovies, and capers what other ingredient did the children need to make the puttanesca sauce?

Find in the book where Count Olaf rubs his hands together as if he had been holding something "revolting."

What does "revolting" mean in this context?

Find in the book where the theater troupe laughed when Count Olaf hit Klaus. They "applauded as if Count Olaf had done something very brave instead of something despicable."

What does "despicable" mean in this context?

What is Count Olaf trying to take away from the Baudelaire orphans?

The authors writes "With their parents dead and Count Olaf treating them abominably, the children were not used to kindness…."

What does "abominably" mean in this context?

Count Olaf says "My troupe is right behind me and they are very hungry. Where is the roast beef?"

What does "troupe" mean in Count Olaf's quote?

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

What does Violet think she will initially do to participate in Count Olaf's play?

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

In chapter 8, Klaus stays up all night reading. He is not sure the book he has been reading will help them out of their dilemma.

What does "dilemma" 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?

In chapter 11, as Violet reflected on all the awful things she and her siblings had recently experienced, Violet finds their situation lamentably deplorable.

What does "deplorable" mean in this context?

What is the main idea of this chapter?

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

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