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    What color was Isadora Quagmire's notebook?'The Austere Academy'

      Pitch Black. Isadora and Duncan wrote all of the secrets of VFD in their notebooks.

    What does the Vice Principal do that is very annoying?'The Austere Academy'

      None of the others. It was actually the fact that he mocks whatever you say in an annoying voice.

    What do the triplets pretend is Sunny when they run instead of the Baudelaires?'The Austere Academy'

      A bag of flour.

    What does S.O.R.E. stand for?'The Austere Academy'

      Special Orphan Running Exercises. Coach Genghis says that orphans have great running legs.

    What do the Baudelaires have to eat with their hands at breakfast?'The Austere Academy'

      scrambled eggs. But the Quagmires lend them their silverware.

    What dilemma does Sunny have at lunchtime?'The Austere Academy'

      She has no silverware. She works as his secretary, which means she's in the administrative building, which means she has to eat without silverware.

    Who are the two powder faced women disguised as?'The Austere Academy'

      Lunch ladies. They help Olaf steal the Quagmires.

    What is the Vice Principal's name, and what instrument does he play?'The Austere Academy'

      Vice Principal Nero, the violin. He has very long violin recitals. The book never actually says who the principal is.

    What religious thing does Count Olaf wear as part of his disguise?'The Austere Academy'

      turban. It hides his one eyebrow.

    What do the Baudelaires do to prevent the snapping crabs from snapping?'The Austere Academy'

      Make shoes with metal on the bottom. Violet thinks of it when Duncan tells her the crabs don't like loud noises.

    What was the last thing Isadora and Duncan yelled?The Austere Academy Quiz

      VFD. The last thing they yelled was VFD and the meaning is unknown! (at least, in this book it is)

    Yes or No: Were the Quagmires caught by Count Olaf while impersonating the Baudelaires?The Austere Academy Quiz

      Yes. Coach Genghis caught them. Coach Genghis is Count Olaf in disguise.

    Yes or No: Did the Baudelaires pass their exam?The Austere Academy Quiz

      Yes. They studied all night while Isadora and Duncan pretended to be them.

    What did Isadora and Duncan dress up to look like Sunny when she had to make staples and couldn't go to S.O.R.E.?The Austere Academy Quiz

      a bag of flour. Klaus and Violet had to study for their exam and Sunny had to make staples for the next day. So, Isadora and Duncan dressed up as Violet and Klaus and stole a bag of flour to look like Sunny.

    What was Carmelita mad about when she delivered the message from Coach Genghis?The Austere Academy Quiz

      The Baudelaires wouldn't give her a tip. Carmelita complained that she delivered messages nine times and they never gave her a tip. Klaus said that he didn't want to break their tradition.

    What did the Baudelaires remember eating at the picnic with their parents long ago?The Austere Academy Quiz

      Sweet-and-Sour Shrimp. They ate sweet-and-sour shrimp and washed their hands in the stream.

    What does S.O.R.E stand for?The Austere Academy Quiz

      Special Orphan Running Exercises. Special Orphan Running Exercises is what Coach Genghis assigned the Baudelaires to do every night until the sun came up.

    Yes or No: Does Coach Genghis wear a turban?The Austere Academy Quiz

      Yes. He wears it to cover his one eyebrow.

    What did Sunny have to make?The Austere Academy Quiz

      staples. She had to make home made staples because she ran out in the office and Principal Nero forced her to make her own even though she's only a baby.

    Who is Mrs. Bass?The Austere Academy Quiz

      Klaus' teacher. She would make everyone measure everything.

    Who is Mr. Remora?The Austere Academy Quiz

      Violet's teacher. He would tell boring stories and eat bananas all day long.

    What did they call the place the Baudelaires were staying?The Austere Academy Quiz

      The Orphan's Shack. Carmelita started to call it the orphan's shack and everybody copied it.

    What is Isadora and Duncan's last name?The Austere Academy Quiz

      Quagmire. Isadora and Duncan Quagmire are triplets and the third died in a fire.

    What does Carmelita Spats call the Baudelaires?The Austere Academy Quiz

      Cakesniffers. She calls them this every chance she gets. Although I'm not certain what it means, Lemony Snicket says "Cakesniffers" is very rude indeed!

    What was strange about the food in the cafeteria?The Austere Academy Quiz

      It was huge. It was the largest lasagna they had EVER seen.

    What sound does the fungus on the ceiling of the orphan shack make when it hits the ground?The Austere Academy Quiz

      Plop. There is a tan fungus growing on the ceiling which the Baudelaires have to keep dodging to avoid getting hit. To get rid of it, they sprinkled salt on it.

    What is the annoying thing Principal Nero does to people?The Austere Academy Quiz

      He mocks them. Principal Nero even mocked the Baudelaires the very first time he met them! He's so proud of himself. He plays the violin and thinks he's a genius.

    What classroom is Sunny in?The Austere Academy Quiz

      None, she works with Principal Nero. Sunny is a baby so they made her work with Principal Nero so she could do something.

    What is the school's motto?The Austere Academy Quiz

      "Remember you will die". The motto is "Memento Mori" which is a Latin phrase that means "Remember you will die". That is a rather unusual motto for a school, but not for this book!

    What was strange about the bricks by the school when the Baudelaires were going into school?The Austere Academy Quiz

      Moss was oozing out of them. The bricks were so old moss was "oozing" out of them. The school children often slipped on them.

    What theme is the paper used in the last note?The Austere Academy

      Ocean decoration. The paper has ocean decoration on it because it's "in". "In" is a phrase which comes from the next book- "The Ersatz Elevator" which I have made a quiz on.

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