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The Bad Beginning Test | Snicket, Lemony

The Baudelaires parents die and Mr. Poe finds them a new guardian. What will their new guardian be like? Find out in "The Bad Beginning"...

A multiple-choice quiz by funkyduncan. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
funkyduncan

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
168,919

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
15

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
12 / 15

Plays
2674

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 15

1. In chapter 1 who tells the Baudelaires that their parents have died in a fire? Hint

Mr Poe

Justice Strauss

Count Olaf

No one

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Question 2 of 15

2. In chapter 2 what are Mr Poe's children called? Hint

Edgar and Albert

Beverly and Elliot

Duncan and Isadora

Mr Poe doesn't have children

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Question 3 of 15

3. In chapter 3 what does Count Olaf use instead of a signature? Hint

Ear

Eye

Nose

He just uses a normal signature

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Question 4 of 15

4. In chapter 4 what dish do the Baudelaires cook for Count Olaf? Hint

Lasagne

Nothing

Coconut cream cake

Puttanesca sauce

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Question 5 of 15

5. In chapter 5 what is Mr Poe's bank called? Hint

Abbey National

Lloyds of London

Mulctuary Money Management

Halifax

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Question 6 of 15

6. In chapter 6 what does Count Olaf put in the oatmeal? Hint

Strawberries

Cherries

Nothing

Raspberries

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Question 7 of 15

7. In chapter 7 whose library do the Baudelaires visit? Hint

Aunt Josephine's Library

Charles's Library

Justice Strauss's Library

Uncle Monty's Library

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Question 8 of 15

8. In chapter 8 how many times does the author say the sentence: "He found himself reading the same sentence over and over"? Hint

1 time

4 times

2 times

3 times

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Question 9 of 15

9. In chapter 9 what has Count Olaf done with Sunny? Hint

Cooked her.

Stabbed her.

Put her in a birdcage and dangled her out of his tower.

Nothing.

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Question 10 of 15

10. What did Violet use to make her grappling hook in chapter 10? Hint

Curtain rod and ropes

Curtain rod and ugly, itchy clothing

She bought a grappling hook

She didn't use a grappling hook

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Question 11 of 15

11. What is Count Olaf's tower room full of in chapter 11? Hint

Eye paintings

Ear Paintings

Nose Paintings

Normal Paintings

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Question 12 of 15

12. How does Violet foil Count Olaf's plan in chapter 12? Hint

Signing the legal document with her left hand

Not signing the document

Signing the legal document with her right hand

Saying she won't marry Count Olaf

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Question 13 of 15

13. What does Sunny shriek twice in the last chapter? Hint

Cake!

Buns!

Muffins!

Cookies!

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Question 14 of 15

14. What is the clue about the next book in the last picture? Hint

Nothing

A snake

Suits in background

Mr Poe's car

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Question 15 of 15

15. What hotel is mentioned in the note at the end of the book? Hint

The 5-star hotel

Fawlty Towers

There isn't a hotel mentioned

The Elektra Hotel

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. In chapter 1 who tells the Baudelaires that their parents have died in a fire?

Answer: Mr Poe

"As the figure reached them they saw that it was someone they knew: Mr Poe." Mr Poe also says that they are going to stay with him until he can find them a guardian.

2. In chapter 2 what are Mr Poe's children called?

Answer: Edgar and Albert

"Mrs. Poe had purchased clothing for the orphans that was in grotesque colours and itched. The two Poe children-Edgar and Albert-were loud and obnoxious boys with whom the Baudelaires had to share a room which smelt of some ghastly flower." Also in this chapter Mr. Poe finds a new guardian for the Baudelaires- Count Olaf.

3. In chapter 3 what does Count Olaf use instead of a signature?

Answer: Eye

"Instead of a signature Count Olaf would draw an eye at the bottom of his note." These notes were instructing them to do difficult chores like repairing windows and repainting doors.

4. In chapter 4 what dish do the Baudelaires cook for Count Olaf?

Answer: Puttanesca sauce

"The Baudelaires copied the recipe for puttanesca sauce onto a scrap piece of paper." Count Olaf wasn't impressed with their cooking

5. In chapter 5 what is Mr Poe's bank called?

Answer: Mulctuary Money Management

"Finally a receptionist at subservient said she knew Mr Poe worked at Mulctuary Money Management." In the bank Mr. Poe refused to help them because of the legal term 'Loco Parentis'.

6. In chapter 6 what does Count Olaf put in the oatmeal?

Answer: Raspberries

"The children took seats at the kitchen table and stared nervously at their oatmeal. If you knew Count Olaf, and he suddenly served you a meal, wouldn't you be afraid there was something terrible in it, like poison or ground glass? But instead, Violet Klaus, and Sunny found that fresh rap berries had been sprinkled on top of each of their portions." Count Olaf uses these raspberries in combination with asking them to be in a play to 'welcome them into the family'.

7. In chapter 7 whose library do the Baudelaires visit?

Answer: Justice Strauss's Library

"The Baudelaire children had a slightly different incentive for reading these books, of course. Their incentive was not heaps of money, but preventing Count Olaf from doing something horrible to them in order to get heaps of money. But even with this incentive, getting through the law books in Justice Strauss's library was a very, very, very hard task." The law book they read was called 'Inheritance Law and its implications'

8. In chapter 8 how many times does the author say the sentence: "He found himself reading the same sentence over and over"?

Answer: 3 times

It says the sentence three times. The sentences Klaus was reading were from the book 'Nuptial Law'.

9. In chapter 9 what has Count Olaf done with Sunny?

Answer: Put her in a birdcage and dangled her out of his tower.

He put her in a birdcage and dangled her out of tower window. Count Olaf calls Sunny a 'stick behind a stubborn mule'.

10. What did Violet use to make her grappling hook in chapter 10?

Answer: Curtain rod and ugly, itchy clothing

The knot she used to tie the clothes together was called the devil's tongue.

11. What is Count Olaf's tower room full of in chapter 11?

Answer: Eye paintings

"But most of all were the paintings and carvings of eyes."
There were also scraps of paper on which Count Olaf scribbled his evil plans on.

12. How does Violet foil Count Olaf's plan in chapter 12?

Answer: Signing the legal document with her left hand

"Violet's eyes were wide as she looked down at the document, and her face was pale, and her left hand was trembling as she signed her name." There is nothing else of interest about this chapter because the play was very dull and boring.

13. What does Sunny shriek twice in the last chapter?

Answer: Cake!

After the celebration of the return of Sunny, Count Olaf escapes after turning the lights out.

14. What is the clue about the next book in the last picture?

Answer: A snake

In the last picture there is a snake wrapped around a lamppost. There are no other clues about the next book.

15. What hotel is mentioned in the note at the end of the book?

Answer: The Elektra Hotel

In the note it mentions the Elektra hotel. It also mentions coconut cream cake and a brass reading lamp.
These are all objects written about in 'The Reptile Room'- my next quiz.

Source: Author funkyduncan

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